Vol. 21 No. 3 - Fall 1993

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Poverty, Inc.

• From the Editor

  Eric Bates

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• Roundup

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• Followup

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• The Fight to Switch

  Cancer hospitals investing in tobacco stocks? Health activists are pushing public institutions to divest. By Jay Root

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• The Poverty Industry

  From pawn shops to used-car lots, big corporations are making billions of dollars by targeting the poor for profit. By Mike Hudson

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• "The Perfect Job for You"

  Trade schools are driving students deeper into debt—and mainstream banks are profiting from the scams. By Barry Yeoman

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• Reforming High Finance

  Consumers across the region are organizing to stop predatory lending and clean up the financial system. By Mike Hudson and Adam Feuerstein

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• Lending Support

  Grassroots alliances and homegrown credit alternatives are putting money back into local communities.

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• Voices: The Freedom Movement Lives On

  By Isaiah Madison

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• Fiction: Stick Woman

  By William Pleasant

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• Cultures in Conflict

  Sea Island communities are fighting resort "plantations" that threaten the land and heritage of the South Carolina coast. By Ron Nixon

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• Junebug: Mama Dolly's Tale

  By Junebug Jabbo Jones

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• Blueprint: Repealing the Death Penalty

  By Leigh Morgan

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• Reviews: Appalachian Hopes

  By Rachel Tompkins

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• Resources

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• Still the South: College Football

  By Ron Morris

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