Segments From This Episode

• A strike threat escalates

  by Nova Safo

  The union representing dockworkers at ports on the East and Gulf Coasts has called off negotiations with shipping companies, because the union says those companies are trying to replace workers with automation.

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• Report shows why some kids are struggling at school

  by Kimberly Adams

  

  The economic life of a child at home has a direct relationship to how things go at school, per the Kids Count Data Book from the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

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• The case for reining in the perks of corporate bankruptcy

  by Sabri Ben-Achour and Alex Schroeder

  

  Melissa Jacoby’s new book argues that Chapter 11 has become a catch-all for corporations to get out of troubles beyond their debts.

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