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Article: Working. And Still Poor. In presidential stump speeches, it's called The Economy. In the state's poorest city, it's called a way of life. Charles P. Pierce finds in Lawrence a mother and her four hungry kids, a pastor and his meal center, a barber and his tenuous job, a financial giant doing some good, and a whole city trying to just hang on.
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- April 13, 2008
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HITTING HOME, PART I: THE ECONOMY
HITTING HOME
A three-part series on how thecampaign issues are affecting life
here.
PART 1: The Economy (Today)
PART 2: Healthcare (August 17)
PART 3: The War (November 2)
As the afternoon declines into evening, the line begins to form.
The homeless men come first, battered parkas and beaten shoes,
smoking their bent cigarettes down to the filters. The kids come
later, the ones who come alone. School let out hours earlier. Their
parents locked the house, because if the Department of Social
Services dropped by and found the kids unattended while the parents
were still at work, DSS could move the children out. So the parents
lock the house, and the kids are on ...
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