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Tag: poverty
In the Ashes of a Recent Fire at the Minneapolis Tent City
From the recent fire at the Minneapolis tent city lay a scene of charred items covering the ground where tents[…]
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Homeless American Man Opens Up
On August 15 I visited Minneapolis’s largest tent city ever. There I met Earl, one of the founding residents, who[…]
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“The Wall”: Minneapolis’s Tent City
In the window of warmth that is the Minneapolis summer, the area homeless are gathering. They call it The Wall,[…]
Read moreCuban Man Breaks Silence *New Feature Video
On January 4, 2018, Cuban man Juan Menendez sat down with me in a Havana park and did what Cubans[…]
Read moreA Night Connecting With Cuba
Last night in Minneapolis I co-hosted an evening sharing Cuba with Minnesotans. There was a salsa dance performance, a silent[…]
Read moreCuba Movie #1: Making a Living
My first full video from Cuba! From December 27 to January 10, I explored this provocative nation. In this first[…]
Read moreAn Appalachian Woman Tells All: Poverty and Drug Abuse in West Virginia
The first thing that comes to people’s minds when hearing “West Virginia” is likely one of the following: mountains, hillbillies,[…]
Read moreA Bright Spot in a (Sometimes) Dark World: My Experience at the Supermarket
Last week I was in a supermarket checkout line. A middle-aged lady in front of me had the orange glow of[…]
Read moreGrowing up Poor and Black in the South: Interview With Chattanooga Ruth
They say there are two Americas today. Go back in time and we find more–but not too far back, mind[…]
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