The Atlantic - October 2019
TO BE A PARENT IS TO BE COMPROMISED. You pledge allegiance to justice for all, you swear that private attachments can rhyme ...
THE ATLANTIC OCTOBER 2019 59 PLACES AT THE PRESCHOOL WERE AWARDED ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST- SERVED BASIS. AT THE FRONT OF THE LINE ...
60 OCTOBER 2019 THE ATLANTIC That year, when my son turned 5, attending day- time tours and evening open houses became a sec- on ...
THE ATLANTIC OCTOBER 2019 61 the city’s population: 38 percent white, 29 percent black, 24 percent Latino, 7 percent Asian. That ...
62 OCTOBER 2019 THE ATLANTIC That fi rst winter, the city’s school-bus drivers called a strike that lasted many weeks. I took tu ...
THE ATLANTIC OCTOBER 2019 63 fi re that would spread overnight and keep on burning because it was fed by anger at injustices dee ...
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THE ATLANTIC OCTOBER 2019 65 ONE DAY I ASKED ANOTHER PARENT WHETHER HER SON WOULD TAKE THE TESTS. SHE HUSHED ME—IT WASN’T SOMETH ...
66 OCTOBER 2019 THE ATLANTIC The school didn’t inform parents of this sudden end to an age-old custom, as if there were nothing ...
Fact: Huawei connects more than 3 billion people every day and hasn’t had a major security incident over its 30-year history. Mi ...
68 OCTOBER 2019 THE ATLANTIC POWER TOO, and at the march she sang the one pro- test song she knew, “We Shall Overcome.” For days ...
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70 OCTOBER 2019 THE ATLANTIC middle school, if you fail middle school you fail high school, if you fail high school you fail col ...
THE ATLANTIC OCTOBER 2019 71 that looked like the city. I had also seen meritocracy separate out and demoralize children based o ...
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Tawanda Rhodes believed she would inherit her parents’ home. Then she received a letter from her state’s Medicaid program. ...
died believing that he had secured a legacy for his family, which, in just a few generations, had lifted itself out of slavery, ...
THE ATLANTIC OCTOBER 2019 75 if she wasn’t too tired, she’d mix herself an apple martini and read in the kitchen, often her only ...
76 OCTOBER 2019 THE ATLANTIC Volunteer Lawyers Project, who helped Tawanda find a pro bono lawyer. It didn’t matter that Tawanda ...
THE ATLANTIC OCTOBER 2019 77 As projected, aging Boomers were straining the system. States’ spending on Medicaid services soared ...
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