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Historic New Hampshire Communist Tried To Live Free, Then Died

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The Problem With Ban the Box Policies

The idea is that employers discriminate against people with criminal records. Jennifer Doliak: Ban the box policies are a favorite example of a policy that sounds really good, but actually backfires and we should stop spending time and money on. She says it's making it harder for young black men who don't have a criminal record to get a job because employers can't signal their clean record upfront.

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