Monday, February 27, 2023

📜 Axios PM: Saving lost history

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By Mike Allen · Feb 27, 2023

Good Monday afternoon. Today's PM — edited by Kate Nocera — is 582 words, a 2-min. read. Thanks to Sheryl Miller for the copy edit.

 
 
1 big thing: Saving Black history
Blues artist Tada Ikemasu plays outside the Club Vegas Blues Lounge in 2013, in Clarksdale, Miss. The state is home to many buildings that once housed juke joints. Many are gone. Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images

This Black History Month, Axios Local reporters from around the country searched their cities for sites linked to the story of Black Americans.

  • What they found confirms a troubling national trend: Hundreds of sites important to Black history are at risk of disappearing as buildings sit abandoned and forgotten amid urban renewal and climate change, Axios' Russell Contreras and Keldy Ortiz report.

Preserving these sites is critical so scholars can learn more about history that wasn't formally documented.

What's happening now: National Trust for Historic Preservation's African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund is working to save 200 Black heritage places, from schools to churches.

Remember: There is currently no national monument or national museum about enslavement.

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2. Child care plan required for chip funds
Illustration: Natalie Peeples/Axios

Chip manufacturing companies that apply for a slice of the billions set aside to build domestic plants will be required to submit a plan explaining how workers will access affordable child care, according to a Commerce Department presentation shared with Axios Markets co-author Emily Peck.

  • The new requirement is a way for the Biden administration to make progress on expanding child care access after efforts to pass any nationwide policy fell short.
  • There aren't enough child care workers or facilities in many areas, and costs are unaffordable for people who might want to take these chip-related jobs.

The agency is agnostic on how companies get this done. They could build company-run onsite facilities or outsource to a vendor. Companies could sponsor care directly or provide vouchers, discounts or cash.

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3. Catch me up
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (right) and U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink in Kyiv today. Photo: Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images
  1. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen made a surprise visit to Kyiv today to talk about ongoing U.S. support and economic assistance for Ukraine. Go deeper.
  2. The Supreme Court will consider whether the funding structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is unconstitutional. Go deeper.
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4. 🧚 Tooth Fairy pulled by inflation
Data: Delta Dental 2023 Original Tooth Fairy Poll; Chart: Danielle Alberti/Axios

The Tooth Fairy's payout for a single lost tooth is at a record high, with the average gift reaching $6.23, up from $5.36 in 2022.

  • That's a 379% increase from 1998 when a lost tooth fetched $1.30 on average, Axios' Kelly Tyko reports.

The numbers come from Delta Dental's 2023 annual poll which surveyed 1,000 parents of kids 6–12.

  • 💸 The company predicts that it's possible that by 2048 the Tooth Fairy could be leaving as much as $30 under the pillow for a single tooth.

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