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Showing posts with label poverty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poverty. Show all posts
Nov 17, 2009

A Racial Divide Is Bridged by Recession - NYTimes.com

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Image via Wikipedia By SHAILA DEWAN McDONOUGH, Ga. — During the housing boom, Henry County, a suburb of Atlanta, had its share ...
Nov 2, 2009

American Pastoral - The New York Review of Books

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By Jonathan Raban Dorothea Lange : A Life Beyond Limits by Linda Gordon Norton, 536 pp., $35.00 ...
Oct 11, 2009

Indigent Burials Are on the Rise - NYTimes.com

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Image by wallyg via Flickr By KATIE ZEZIMA Coroners and medical examiners across the country are reporting spikes in the numbe...
Oct 8, 2009

Usury country: Welcome to the birthplace of payday lending—By Daniel Brook (Harper's Magazine)

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Image via Wikipedia On a whitewashed church pew in Johnson City, I sat alone as James Eaton stood over me delivering a sermon. It was a Mond...
Sep 20, 2009

Eager Students Fall Prey to Apartheid’s Legacy - NYTimes.com

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Image by JP-Flanigan via Flickr By CELIA W. DUGGER KHAYELITSHA, South Africa — Seniors here at Kwamfundo high school sang fre...
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