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Poverty Firsthand

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Biased Algorithms Are Determining Whether Poor Parents Get to Keep Their Kids

Elizabeth Brico
First Person

Poverty Isn’t Neglect, But the State Took My Children Anyway

Elizabeth Brico
First Person

There Is No Summer Vacation for Parents in the Gig Economy

Debbie Weingarten
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I’ve Worked for Tips for 60 Years. D.C. Council Should Listen to the Voters Who Want to Raise My Wages.

Venorica Tucker
First Person

I’m a Programmer in a Tech Mecca. I Still Have to Deliver Food to Make Rent.

Matthew Gerring
First Person

For Domestic Violence Survivors, Courts Can Be Another Abuse

Elizabeth Brico
First Person

Trump Wants to Get Rid of the Heating Support that Kept Me Safe

Stephanie Hydal
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In the First Year of Trump’s Presidency, We Stopped Being Invisible

Audrey Juarez
First Person

Would You Believe Me If I Said I Was Starving?

Mara Pellittieri
First Person

The Wind Chill is 46 Below and Our Roof Is Full of Holes

Bunny Richards
First Person

My Family Fled to the U.S. to Survive. We Deserve to Stay.

Cesar Linares Estevez
First Person

The Value of Life, Measured by Word Count

Bobbi Dempsey

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