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Francesca Mari

Francesca Mari has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, and The Atlantic.  (June 2021)

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The True Cost of Living

“Gross inequity begets precarity and suffering, which begets fear, shame, and frustration.”

May 29, 2021

How Can We Stop Gun Violence?

The US has the highest homicide rate of any high-income country, but more police may not be the most effective solution.

An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago

by Alex Kotlowitz

Bleeding Out: The Devastating Consequences of Urban Violence—and a Bold New Plan for Peace in the Streets

by Thomas Abt

June 10, 2021 issue

A deteriorating bank-owned house, Moreno Valley, California, August 2008

The Housing Vultures

The investors who exploited the 2008 financial crisis are dictating the bailout of this one.

Homewreckers: How a Gang of Wall Street Kingpins, Hedge Fund Magnates, Crooked Banks, and Vulture Capitalists Suckered Millions Out of Their Homes and Demolished the American Dream

by Aaron Glantz

June 11, 2020 issue

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