Good Work if You Can Get It

Simone Carter built the Webb campaign’s Somebody’s Child Safety Protocol to make work fairer for Black contractors. Then performer Destiny Reeves reads the fine print and uses the complaint process Simone designed. The evidence supports Destiny’s account, but the finding says no violation. As a reporter starts asking questions and election pressure closes in, legal review, restricted access, and a tempting reform role offer Simone an easier path: keep the process moving. To protect the person the system failed, she must confront what her own work has made possible.