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Co-published with WNYC Studios. In this fourth and final episode of The Scarlet E, On the Media evaluates potential solutions to America’s crippling eviction epidemic.
The Scarlet E, Episode 4: "Solutions"
The Scarlet E, Episode 3: "Landlords & Tenants"
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Co-published with WNYC Studios. This is the dollars-and-cents episode of The Scarlet E, in which On the Media sets their sights on the practicalities and pitfalls of housing America’s poor families in the private rental market.
The Scarlet E, Episode 2: "40 Acres"
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Co-published with WNYC Studios. Eviction isn't without its own historical context. In vulnerable communities of people of color, displacement and denial of housing are phenomena centuries in the making. This episode maps the persistent line between racist housing policies, localized profiteering, and the devastating plunder of generations of wealth.
The Scarlet E, Episode 1: "Why?"
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Co-published with WNYC Studios. We have an eviction epidemic in this country. We’ve had one for a long time. And in this new four-part series from On the Media, host Brooke Gladstone will seek out the why and the wherefore — in search, ultimately, of a cure.
Buying a New Purse? This Startup Wants to Help You Pay For It — But Could Also Get You Into Debt.
Susie Cagle
Co-published with Vox. Afterpay is the latest company to target young shoppers looking for a deal.
Episode 11: Kirsten Gillibrand's Path to Power
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Co-published with WNYC Studios. What does Kirsten Gillibrand's rise tell us about the relationship between gender and power in American politics?
Episode 10: ¡Sí Se Puede!
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Co-published with WNYC Studios. Before “Yes we can!”, there was “¡Sí se puede!”
Episode 9: What Does the Right Kind of Woman Sound Like?
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Co-published with WNYC Studios. Shrill, strident, bossy. These are the misogynistic slurs women often face when they run for elected office. So what should power sound like?
Episode 8: The Right Kind of Woman
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Co-published with WNYC Studios. Women running for office are often forced to play by different rules. We look at two candidates: Stacey Abrams in Georgia and Mikie Sherrill in suburban New Jersey.
Episode 7: The Women of Texas's Secret Resistance
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Co-published with WNYC Studios. In this episode, we bring you the story of a group of progressive, Texan women who are organizing — in secret — out of fear of retaliation from their neighbors.
Episode 6: Ida B. Wells
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Co-published with WNYC Studios. Ida B. Wells is in some ways a forgotten figure, but her reporting on lynchings across the South was unwavering in its mission: calling America out on racial injustice.
Episode 5: The Original Nasty Woman
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Co-published with WNYC Studios. What if we filled all 435 seats in the House with women? Would it make a difference?
Episode 4: The 'Indoor Man' and His Playmates
Episode 3: The Pedestal
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Co-published with WNYC Studios. Meet the woman who vowed to shut down women’s suffrage forever.
Episode 2: We've Been Here Before
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Co-published with WNYC Studios. Barbara Mikulski and three female senators elected in 1992 look back at the start of the modern era of women in politics.
Episode 1: The Dream Was Not Mine
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Co-published with WNYC Studios. Jennifer Willoughby and Saily Avelenda each woke up one day wanting to make a change. They ended up toppling two political giants. ."
Can a New Kind of Payday Lender Help the Poor?
Susie Cagle
Co-published with The Nation. Oakland’s Community Check Cashing offers an unusual alternative for the underbanked.
The Difference Between Being Broke and Being Poor
Words by Erynn Brook | Illustrations by Emily Flake
Co-published with Longreads. It’s a recognition that comes in the aisle of a grocery store.
Life in Transition on Staten Island
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Co-published with WNYC Studios. Staten Island’s struggle with LGBTQ inclusion endangers the lives of transgender residents.
Episode 9: 'You Just Sit There and Wait for the Next Day to Come'
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Co-published with WNYC Studios. In many counties, pre-trial juvenile offenders are still put in solitary. In this episode, WNYC teams up with The Marshall Project to investigate how widespread the practice remains.