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Poor

Hard times

Translated by Nathalia Bernhard,

Let them eat fat

by Greg Critser,

The heavy truths about American obesity

II. As a weapon in the hands of the restless poor

by Earl Shorris,

Earl Shorris was a regular contributor to Harper’s Magazine from 1972 until his death in 2012. In 1995, he founded the Clemente Course for the Humanities, a ten-month-long academic program…

Modern Victorians

by Marilynne Robinson,

Dressing politics in the costume of history

The thrill of poverty

by Tom Monaghan,

Untitled

by Jesse Jackson, Charles A. Murray,

How to get the poor off our conscience

by John Kenneth Galbraith,

The smart white man’s burden

by Norman Daniels,

One can suffer anywhere

by Oscar Lewis,

Children of the American ghetto

by Robert E. Coles,

Untitled

Drawn by Ed Fisher,

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Hard times

Let them eat fat

II. As a weapon in the hands of the restless poor

Modern Victorians

The thrill of poverty

Untitled

How to get the poor off our conscience

The smart white man’s burden

One can suffer anywhere

Children of the American ghetto

Untitled

August 1967

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