American cities remove homeless encampments as part of “sweeps” and take the belongings of the people they move. ProPublica asked them to explain what was stolen from them and how sweeps have affected them. It’s devastating.
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“I Have Lost Everything”: The Toll of Cities’ Homeless Sweeps
Cities often take belongings — including important documents and irreplaceable mementos — when they conduct sweeps of homeless encampments. Pro...
In 2025 the biggest superpower will be the ability to be hopeful and optimistic. Not as a way of avoiding the hard stuff, but in the sense of knowing that change is possible, that nationalism and tribalism can be defeated, and that dystopia is not a preordained fate.
Should you be searching for a new role over the holiday period, should you care about data pipelines, API integrations, and journalism that exposes abuses of power and betrayals of the public trust by government, business, and other institutions ... do I have a job vacancy for you:
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“Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.”
ProPublica
If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life
Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves...
"Return-to-office (RTO) mandates have caused companies to lose some of their best workers, a study tracking over 3 million workers at 54 "high-tech and financial" firms at the S&P 500 index has found." You don't say. #Labor
Ben Werdmuller
Companies issuing RTO mandates “lose their best talent”: Study
[Scharon Harding at Ars Technica] From the "gee, you don't say" department: "Return-to-office (RTO) mandates have caused companies to lose some o...
My local Facebook group: “If they can track Santa, why can’t they track these drones?!”