Eastern Standard Preview for August 16, 2021

WEKU | By Tom Martin

Published August 16, 2021 at 6:45 AM EDT

Child care and the people who depend on it | As legislators propose banning its teaching, what is Critical Race Theory? | Waking up as the state's sole PPP lender | Finding in the music of Loretta Lynn maladies that have haunted the region

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