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Breaking: Starbucks workers at a South Durham location voted to unionize today, 16-2. It will be the first unionized Starbucks in the Triangle, and the third in North Carolina.

Too poor to pay court debt? It can follow you for decades or even a lifetime, unlike any other kind. bit.ly/4batzrx

It’s not by accident that the sociologists who make the discipline legible and relevant to the world beyond academia, [ethnographers, public writers, creatives, activists] are questioned within the field if they are doing ‘real sociology.’ The discipline always tells on itself.

Exactly why I report on rural Black America for Capital B. With every story, I dispel the myth that rural = white & conservative.

*Big news from Ohio* — #SB37 has passed the Senate! 🚗 SB37 would end the cruel practice of suspending licenses due to missed fine/fee payments, helping Ohioans regain the freedom to drive, work & provide for their families. Now to the House!👏Ohio Poverty Law Center Policy Matters Ohio

this year keeps showing me why delay is never denial and why rejection is really just redirection. everything truly has its own time and i’m glad once again that i didn’t end up with the things i thought i wanted last year because the things i have right now surpass that.

Last Tuesday, I successfully defended my dissertation and have been sleeping ever since 😂 Thanks to my exceptional committee who helped me make this happen! Anna Gassman-Pines Jessi Streib Deondra Rose Mallory SoRelle Tyson Brown

You’d be surprised how many suspended drivers experience clerical errors as they pursue driver’s license restoration. A non-trivial number of the drivers I interviewed for my dissertation described how these errors ultimately keep them in suspended status long-term.

Behind the laughter and memes lies a sobering reality — millions of people across the country are losing their livelihoods due to debt-based license suspensions. FFJC's Co-Executive Director Lisa Foster, FFJC explains in a new piece on MSNBC (THREAD)🧵👇 msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-…

Lack of clarity around suspension status and driving record is a common experience for some drivers, unfortunately.

🎉 Exciting Updates! SaeHim Park: Tenure-track assistant professor position in public history at Xavier University of Louisiana's Department of History Adrienne Jones: DeLaney Postdoctoral Fellow in Southern Race Relations, Culture, and Politics at Washington and Lee University

Debt-based license suspensions fuel financial instability. Halston Fisher's story sheds light on the struggles facing over 800K North Carolinians who've lost their licenses due to court debt Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law CCJR-NC Forward Justice NC Justice Center yahoo.com/news/one-speed…

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When fees are allowed to exist in the justice system, the exploitation of basic human needs becomes lucrative business

Renzo Severino (left) and Kendal Swanson - both are pursuing PhDs here at Sanford -- and both are now on the job market! ▶️ duke.is/phd-job-market

BIG news for DC workers and employers – Effective today, DC workers with fines or fees under $1,000 are no longer barred from obtaining occupational & business licenses. Thank you Tzedek DC for leading the way toward safeguarding the rights and financial health of DC residents!

From housing policy to development economics to forced migration - these PhD candidates are developing new ideas about important issues. (And they're on the job market!) ▶️duke.is/2024-phd