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Filmmaker Biyi Bandele on Nollywood, Poverty Porn and the Miracle of Nigeria; 'There's a bit of give-the-editors-what-they-want and it's true that literary prizes in the West favor victimhood.'

• Authors : Hill, Sam

• Source: Newsweek. Jan 31, 2020, Vol. 174 Issue 2

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Introducing Blockchain Impact Award Winner BitLumens; What does renewable energy have to do with poverty and access to the financial system? Plenty, according to BitLumens, a Swiss company that uses blockchain to help get people on the power grid, build their credit profiles and reduce carbon emissions.

• Authors : Fabian, Chris

• Source: Newsweek. March 8, 2019, Vol. 172 Issue 7,

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'Minding the Gap': A Powerful Film About Escaping the Loop of Poverty and Toxic Masculinity in Rust Belt America; Documentary filmmaker Bing Liu brings empathy to young, working-class skateboarders coming of age in Rust Belt America while avoiding nostalgia.

• Authors : Menta, Anna

• Source: Newsweek. August 24, 2018, Vol. 171 Issue 6,

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Super Putin: Do Russians Really Love Their President? In Russia, poverty, corruption and inequality are rampant. So why do so many here seem to love Vladimir Putin?

• Authors : Bennetts, Marc

• Source: Newsweek. Feb 16, 2018, Vol. 170 Issue 7,

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Mapping Poverty to Save More Than a Billion Lives in the World's Most Remote Slums; By 2020, there will be 1.5 billion people living in slums, the majority of whom are unmapped.

• Authors : Parshley, Lois

• Source: Newsweek. Nov 10, 2017, Vol. 169 Issue 16,

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How Poverty Changes the Brain; New research reveals the connection between stress, poverty and brain development in children

• Authors : Hayasaki, Erika

• Source: Newsweek. Sept 2, 2016, Vol. 167 Issue 8

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Defining Poverty Up.

• Authors : Samuelson, Robert J.

Subjects: POVERTY in the United States; POVERTY rate; OBAMA, Barack, 1961-UNITED StatesUNITED StatesUNITED StatesReport Available

• Source: Newsweek. 6/7/2010, Vol. 155 Issue 23, p23-23. 1p.

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Seeing Dignity in Poverty.

• Authors : Baird, Julia

Subjects: POOR people; LANGE, Dorothea, 1895-1965; GREAT Depression, 1929-1939UNITED StatesUNITED StatesUNITED StatesReport Available

• Source: Newsweek. 11/16/2009, Vol. 154 Issue 20, p30-30. 1p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Black and White Photograph.

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Today's 'Culture of Poverty'

• Authors : Gross, Daniel

Subjects: RICH people; POOR people; CULTURE of povertyUNITED StatesUNITED StatesUNITED StatesReport Available

• Source: Newsweek. 4/7/2008, Vol. 151 Issue 14, p18-18. 1p. 1 Color Photograph.

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Diabetes: A 'Disease of Poverty'?

• Authors : Carmichael, Mary

Subjects: DIABETES risk factors; PEOPLE with diabetes; DEVELOPING countries -- Social aspects

• Source: Newsweek. 7/2/2007, Vol. 150 Issue 2, p57-57. 1/6p. 1 Color Photograph.

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