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Left Behind in Sandtown
The Enterprise Foundation led a $60 million effort to repair a broken Baltimore neighborhood. All it fixed was the buildings. Originally published in City Limits. Sandtown, Baltimore. Photo by...
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Silence in the Fields
The U.S. government is allowing farmers to fill thousands of jobs with foreign ‘guestworkers.’ The conditions are hardly hospitable—and those who speak out can be sent straight back home. Originally...
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Foreign Service
Originally published in the AARP Bulletin. ED MAHONEY GAPED AT THE SPECTACLE. On the edge of the Guatemala City dump, a fetid ravine swarming with vultures, dozens of human scavengers intercepted...
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Leap of Faith
Can academic rigor, firm discipline, and a daily dose of religion turn boys from poor families into scholars? An intimate look at one such attempt. Originally published in Duke Magazine. Before the...
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Living on the Edge
Millions of older Americans don’t have enough money for their basic needs, but the government doesn’t count them as poor. How did this happen — and what’s being done about it? Originally published in...
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Map Quest
Marie Lynn Miranda, head of the Children’s Environmental Health Initiative at Duke, uses sophisticated modeling to tackle stubborn public-health problems. Originally published in Duke Magazine. GIS...
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The Death and Life of Detroit
Neighborhood groups are bringing the blighted city back, one block at a time. Will City Hall stand in their way? Originally published in The American Prospect. Joe George shows off Artist Village to a...
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Reports from Moral Monday
The Rev. William Barber II (left), president of the North Carolina NAACP, at a 2013 Moral Monday protest. Photo © 2013 by Jenny Warburg. During 2014, I reported on North Carolina’s Moral Monday...
View ArticleForeign Service
Originally published in the AARP Bulletin. ED MAHONEY GAPED AT THE SPECTACLE. On the edge of the Guatemala City dump, a fetid ravine swarming with vultures, dozens of human scavengers intercepted...
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Leap of Faith
Can academic rigor, firm discipline, and a daily dose of religion turn boys from poor families into scholars? An intimate look at one such attempt. Originally published in Duke Magazine. Before the...
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Living on the Edge
Millions of older Americans don’t have enough money for their basic needs, but the government doesn’t count them as poor. How did this happen — and what’s being done about it? Originally published in...
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Map Quest
Marie Lynn Miranda, head of the Children’s Environmental Health Initiative at Duke, uses sophisticated modeling to tackle stubborn public-health problems. Originally published in Duke Magazine. GIS...
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The Death and Life of Detroit
Neighborhood groups are bringing the blighted city back, one block at a time. Will City Hall stand in their way? Originally published in The American Prospect. Joe George shows off Artist Village to a...
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Reports from Moral Monday
The Rev. William Barber II (left), president of the North Carolina NAACP, at a 2013 Moral Monday protest. Photo © 2013 by Jenny Warburg. During 2014, I reported on North Carolina’s Moral Monday...
View ArticleCoverage of the World Bank Group in Gujarat, India
Click here for “The Uncounted,” part of the Evicted & Abanadoned series, HuffPost and International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, May 2015. Click here for a follow-up (with a shared...
View ArticleShutdown
Click here for “Shutdown,” Carolina Alumni Review, January 2018. Opens as a PDF. The post Shutdown appeared first on Barry Yeoman.
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The Hidden Resilience of “Food Desert” Neighborhoods
Anthropologists and other scholars are delving into the plight of urban communities where people struggle to meet their nutritional needs. In the process, these researchers are discovering the power,...
View ArticleMaking a Marriage Work
Please click here to be directed to the PDF of “Making a Marriage Work,” Carolina Alumni Review, January/February 2019. The post Making a Marriage Work appeared first on Barry Yeoman.
View ArticleOn the Front Lines at a North Carolina Food Bank
Click here for “On the Front Lines at a North Carolina Food Bank,” Food & Environment Reporting Network, April 2020. The post On the Front Lines at a North Carolina Food Bank appeared first on...
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The Uncounted
On India’s coast, a power plant backed by the World Bank Group threatens a way of life. This was originally published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and HuffPost. It was...
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