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Debunking the Five Major Myths About Outmigration

Kurt Wise Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center
In 2022 the voters in Massachusetts enacted a special tax on millionaires. During that campaign and after, the supporters of millionaires have flooded airwaves with storied of "rich people" fleeing Massachusetts.

Child Labor Is Making a Big Comeback in the US

Steve Fraser Convergence
Child labor was common in urban, industrial America for most of the country’s history. It’s now making a disturbing comeback: lawmakers across the US are undertaking concerted efforts to weaken or repeal statutes that prohibit employing children.

Friday Nite Videos | July 7, 2023

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SCOTUS Axed Student Debt Relief. What Happens Next? Anthem | Trailer. Lakota Nation vs. United States | Movie. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Torches Clarence Thomas Over Affirmative Action | Roland Martin. Why Are Schools Still Segregated?

‘Rent-To-Own’ or ‘Rent-Until-Evicted’?

Rebecca Burns Insider
Home Partners entices Americans locked out of traditional mortgages with rent-to-own deals. But an Insider analysis of three major markets found that eviction filings were more common than sales.

The Segregationist Roots of Anti-Woke Ideology

Lawrence B. Glickman Slate
After Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, segregationists attempted to use state power to punish progressive corporations, civil rights groups, and media outlets; pundits condemned what they saw as the narrowing of acceptable discourse.

The Russians Who Are Returning

Meduza staff Meduza
‘It’s not me who needs to leave.’ Meduza asked some of their readers who left Russia during the war and came back why they returned. Here’s what they said.

Moving On to Adversity-Based Affirmative Action

Paul Starr The American Prospect
A great deal can still be done. President Biden’s mention of “adversity” in his comments on the Court’s decision is one key to a new and more politically defensible form of affirmative action.
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