“Geography of Poverty”

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Corner store in Modesto, California, 2014. Modesto has a population of 201,165, and 20.8% live below the poverty level. Michelle Miller asked, “So, how do you capture all of that in a picture?” “Well, I’m trying to focus very much on the lived experience of people, not poverty in an […]

Photographer Matt Black on documenting poverty

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Michelle Miller is our guide through a gallery of images of everyday Americans, including one photographer’s portfolio of poverty: When photographer Matt Black looks out at America, he often doesn’t like what he sees: “It bothers me, yes, because I feel, like, clichés about lifting yourself up by the bootstraps? […]

“The Sweat of Their Face”: Portraits of workers

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Michelle Miller is our guide through a gallery of images of everyday Americans, including an exhibition of people at work: “Washington, D.C. Government charwoman (American Gothic)” by Gordon Parks (1942). Gelatin silver print.  National Gallery of Art; Corcoran Collection (The Gordon Parks Collection); © The Gordon Parks Foundation Among the […]

Co-working: The new way to work

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A day at the office is anything BUT just another day — at least it is at the office Tony Dokoupil takes us to: If you want a glimpse of professional paradise, or at least one vision of it, look no further than WeWork. Co-founder Adam Neumann presides over an […]

Split California into 3 states? Voters could decide soon

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SAN FRANCISCO — California voters may soon be asked to decide whether their state is too big and should broken into three, separate states. Venture capitalist Tim Draper, who pushed for a six-state proposal, now has a three-state proposal called “CAL3,” according to CBS San Francisco. Draper did not have […]