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To get people the help they need from the government, postcards may be the answer

  • Written by Katerina Linos, Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley
imageCould postcards help reach people who need social services?Image Source/Digital Vision via Getty Images

President Joe Biden’s comprehensive social safety net bill faces a tough road to passage. But if Democrats succeed in getting it through the Senate and Biden signs it, there’s another challenge ahead for the legislation: How to get its...

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