Today's moderator: Rick Badie

Rick Badie joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution as an education reporter in 1997. A South Georgia native, he's covered the region's immigrant communities, was a feature obituary writer and opinion columnist for the AJC's Gwinnett edition.

Jobs are scarce, but likely even scarcer for those formerly incarcerated. Employers often balk at such hires; prisoners generally lack skills to land jobs with decent pay. Today, a director for the Urban Institute looks at their re-entry to the workplace  through the lens of Georgia and elsewhere. I write about a DeKalb County nonprofit that hopes to teach "hard-to-place" individuals  the art of auto detailing.

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D. (center) is flanked by GOP whip Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. (left) and Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, as Thune speak to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. Earlier Tuesday, the Senate passed the budget reconciliation package of President Donald Trump's signature bill of big tax breaks and spending cuts. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

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