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Jack Healy

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Kenya The New York Times world
18 Aug 2024
SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Anthony Pretrick was scraping by as a fisherman in his Pacific island homeland of Micronesia when he met a job recruiter with an irresistible offer: There was a fortune to be made slaughtering hogs in a faraway place called Iowa.
They Crossed an Ocean to Butcher Pigs. It Was No American Dream.
Kenya The New York Times world
18 Aug 2024
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Justin Williams was baking a tray of gluten-free seeded bread for the next morning’s farmers market when his phone buzzed. It was a friend who grows organic sprouts, nervously wondering if he should bring along a shotgun to market.
Amid the Kale and Corn, Fears of White Supremacy at the Farmers Market
Kenya The New York Times world
18 Aug 2024
Facing community opposition, a Colorado school district said Wednesday that it would drop a proposal to tear down Columbine High School, which has been confronting growing threats and thousands of curious trespassers since the 1999 massacre there.
Kenya The New York Times world
18 Aug 2024
A Colorado school district said Wednesday that it would drop a proposal to tear down Columbine High School, which has been dealing with growing threats and hundreds of curious trespassers since the 1999 massacre there.
Kenya The New York Times world
17 Aug 2024
The black sedan glided up to the Las Vegas hotel where Elizabeth Suarez was waiting to take an Uber home after a night of gambling. She recalled asking the driver: Are you waiting for Liz? Yeah, he responded. Get in.
Kenya The New York Times world
17 Aug 2024
As record-breaking floods swamped the Midwest this week, dozens of levees built to protect people from flooding have catastrophically failed. The destruction has caused billions of dollars in damage and exposed weaknesses in the country’s piecemeal approach to flood management.
Anxious Wait Along Rivers: Which Levee Will Be Next?
Kenya The New York Times world
17 Aug 2024
As record-breaking floods swamped the Midwest this week, dozens of levees built to protect people from flooding have catastrophically failed. The destruction has caused billions of dollars in damage and exposed weaknesses in the country’s piecemeal approach to flood management.
Kenya The New York Times world
23 Jan 2019
On any other Thursday morning, Kelley, 51, would have been settling into her desk at the federal Bureau of Land Management’s offices in downtown Milwaukee, ensconced by office plants and the security of a federal job that Kelley believed would always provide for her and her family.
From Federal Worker to Uber Driver: Odd Jobs to Make Ends Meet in the Shutdown