“Madagascar is reeling from political unrest. But there’s another problem that no one’s talking about.”
poverty
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The Last Resort
“At Bombay Beach, a half-ruined former vacation town on the edge of the Salton Sea, absurdist philosophers, artists, and everyday townsfolk have undertaken a postapocalyptic experiment in radical living.”
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Confessions of the Working Poor
“I work hard, buy quality clothes and fake my way through dinner-party conversations. I’m also part of a fast-growing Canadian underclass.”
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Shooting an Elephant in Botswana
“Trophy hunting is uncomfortable for some in the West but a lifeline for many locals.”
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Tired of Losing
“Loss was at the root of it. When you’re tired of losing, you hold on to whatever you can.”
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The Only Narcan Vending Machine in Alabama
“How Walker County is confronting the next phase of the opioid crisis.”
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What $500 Means to Zinida Moore
“In an experimental program, 5,000 Chicagoans received monthly cash payments from the city for a year, no strings attached. Here’s how the money changed one woman’s life — and how it didn’t.”
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Relentless Toil: A Reading List About Filipino Laborers
The sacrifices of Filipino workers at home and abroad are enormous.
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A Mother’s Exchange for Her Daughter’s Future
“Two lives bound into one story by immigration and illness.”
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The Safest Place
“In five years Dante McFallo went from White House honoree to dying in a hail of bullets on New Year’s Day.”