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4 Apr, 7 tweets, 2 min read
With millions of renters staring down evictions during the pandemic, the CDC on Monday extended its nationwide ban on evictions until June 30, but that’s not stopping some landlords from giving renters the boot.

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#NBCNewsThreads (1/7)
In March, a sheriff's deputy walked up to a home in Oklahoma and told the woman inside to leave.

The woman, with a family of 5 children, was financially supported by a non-profit that had already paid her landlord the $5,600 she owed. She was evicted anyway. (2/7)
Her landlord, Gary Ramey, had signed a document agreeing to drop the case after the back rent was paid, but he still moved forward with the eviction.

“I don’t remember that,” Ramey said. “I thought they were just helping them catch up with rent.” (3/7)
Interviews with renters, legal aid attorneys, housing experts and affordable housing advocates at the local and national level show a process that can be subject to the whims of local politics or geography. Judges hearing eviction cases might ignore the ban. (4/7)
Across the country, landlords are continuing to find ways to get tenants out, in some cases by declining to renew their lease or claiming that tenants broke the lease’s terms. (5/7)
“Many landlords have flouted the order and its protections,” said Diane Yentel, CEO of the National Low Income Housing Coalition.

“It’s especially disappointing because the Biden admin. knows very well what the flaws ... are and still failed to correct any of them.” (6/7)
The White House said in a statement that the federal government was “strengthening the enforcement tools to ensure the moratorium is implemented,” and encouraged tenants to reach out to the CFPB and Dept. of Housing and Urban Development for help. (7/7)

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6 Apr
Back when Covid-19 vaccines first started being distributed, getting an appointment was so maddeningly difficult that many people were plunged into despair.

Then, like magic, the “vaccine fairies” appeared. #NBCNewsThreads (1/7) nbcnews.com/news/us-news/m…
A volunteer army of computer-savvy Americans has stepped up to help family, friends, and even strangers book appointments.

Many are found through word-of-mouth, but some volunteer nonprofits like “Vaccine Fairy” have claimed to secure nearly 8,000 appointments nationwide. (2/7)
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5 Apr
A news void in Pennsylvania — after the decline of the local newspaper — has led to the creation of “The News Alerts of Beaver County” Facebook group, a place where the community can self-report news.

That's worked out, sometimes.
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#NBCNewsThreads (1/7)
Beaver County is what's known as a news desert — one of 20 in the state with only a single newspaper or no newspaper. The sole newspaper that covers Beaver County, the Beaver County Times, was slashed by its corporate owners.

Less journalism has led to more misinformation. (2/7)
In 2019, residents of Chippewa Township could see police searching for a man on the run. Word spread within the area’s 43K member Facebook group. Users feared the man was a killer on the loose.

He wasn’t a murderer. There were no shootings. He fled traffic-related charges. (3/7)
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BREAKING: US Capitol on lockdown due to security incident.

We will provide updates here as we receive more information. NBCNews.com
Message sent to congressional offices: "Due to ... security threat located. All U.S. Capitol Campus Buildings, no entry or exit is permitted at this time. You may move throughout the building(s) but stay away from exterior windows and doors. If you are outside, seek cover."
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1 Apr
DEVELOPING: Lawmakers introduced 108 restrictive voting bills in less than 5 weeks this spring, according to an analysis of the scope and momentum of new election limits being considered across the country.

47 US states are considering restrictions.

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At least 55 restrictive bills in 24 states are advancing through state legislatures, according to the nonpartisan Brennan Center for Justice at New York University.

29 bills have passed at least one chamber.
Most of the bills target mail voting, which was expanded last year because of the pandemic. A quarter of the restrictions seek tighter ID requirements, and others aim to make voter registration harder or expand voter roll purges.
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31 Mar
What happens when society moves online?

For former prisoners, many of the social services and job programs they rely on to achieve re-entry into their communities are inaccessible without a comprehensive knowledge of the internet.

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#NBCNewsThreads (1/9)
Advocates say that the dependence of society on technology is an issue that can be overlooked by organizations meant to help former inmates, who sometimes struggle to adapt to decades of technological innovations that passed them by while they served time. (2/9)
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30 Mar
Fired, interrogated, disciplined: Amazon warehouse organizers allege year of retaliation.

The number of charges filed with the NLRB accusing Amazon of interfering with workers’ right to organize more than tripled during pandemic.

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(1/8) #NBCNewsThreads
At least 37 charges against Amazon were filed to the NLRB across 20 cities since Feb. 2020, according to an analysis of NLRB filings by @NBCNews.

For comparison, Walmart, America’s largest employer, has had 8 such charges since Feb. 2020. (2/8)
Typically NLRB charges are investigated by one of 26 regional offices.

But in rare instances the board combines cases into a consolidated complaint, as it has done with Walmart and McDonald’s, if it believes there is a pattern emerging at a company. (3/8)
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