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Lisa Conyers Reports From the Field

Posted: June 17, 2013

Since the beginning of 2013 we have been hard at work on a book to capture the essence of what we learned from all our interviewees around the country about life on the dole. In this short new video DKT…

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Posted: February 23, 2013

“Kate” and I met outside a subway stop near the Nike store in downtown Manhattan; she was on her way to a job doing hair and makeup for an off-Broadway show. Kate is a single mom with two kids; a…

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Posted: February 4, 2013

“Rosie” wasn’t always homeless – there was a time when she was living ‘the American Dream’ – husband, two kids, a house, a car, a good job, and money in the bank. But then the bottom fell out – she…

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Fresh from the Blog


Posted: December 13, 2012 | Category: Blog

New York Times editorialist Nicholas Kristof did a brave thing on Sunday when he posted his article “When Parents Have an Incentive for Their Kids to Fail …” . In the article he reported on Kentucky parents who take their…

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