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Georgia’s Hunger Games

A soup kitchen linePhoto by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. When the economy crashed in 2008, millions of Americans lost their jobs. Applications for food stamps soared. So did attendance at emergency…
PUBLISHED: Dec. 26, 2012
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3737 words)
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Who Destroyed the Economy? The Case Against the Baby Boomers

Retirees and near-retirees are leaving behind a devastated economy for their children ... but are we doing anything to fix it? Here, two generations debate who's really to blame for the wreckage.…
PUBLISHED: Oct. 5, 2012
LENGTH: 16 minutes (4172 words)

When Spike Lee Became Scary

The director's movies aren't actually that incendiary, but media's reception of Do the Right Thing 23 years ago created an unfair image that persists today: that of a reckless provocateur. Universal…
PUBLISHED: Aug. 22, 2012
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1748 words)

The Warlord and the Basketball Star: A Story of Congo's Corrupt Gold Trade

When an athlete-turned-humanitarian and an energy executive tried to buy gold in Kenya, they found themselves mired in Congo's dangerous world of conflict minerals -- and totally outmatched. Former…
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2112 words)
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