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Evelyn Nieves

Evelyn Nieves is an independent journalist who focuses on covering under-covered communities and social issues, especially poverty in the United States.

Jennifer Pippin, president of the Indian River County chapter of Moms for freedom, attends Jacqueline Rosario's campaign event in Vero Beach, Florida on October 16, 2022. (GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images)

As Moms for Liberty spreads, so does school turmoil

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Bottles of Monsanto's Roundup are seen for sale June 19, 2018 at a retail store in Glendale, California. ((ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images))

Documentary investigation found cancer-linked weedkiller Roundup virtually “everywhere”

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10 things everyone should know about what it’s really like to live on the streets

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Dumping ground and refuge: For those who know how to navigate L.A.’s Skid Row, it can provide community — but crackdowns have made life even harder

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A Super Bowl for the super-rich: San Francisco’s homeless are being “herded like cattle” ahead of the big game

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7 “unhealthy” foods that are actually anything but

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5 biblical films that sparked a religious backlash

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7 foods that were supposed to be incredibly unhealthy — but are actually anything but

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California’s farm towns are losing jobs and dying of thirst

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Apple’s desolate neighbor: Inside Silicon Valley’s largest shantytown

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The Orphan Drug Act is being investigated for abuses (AP)

Prescription pill epidemic has spiraled out of control

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Public libraries: The new homeless shelters

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America’s pill-popping capital

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An 11-year-old girl hula-hoops while listeneing to the music at the Range in Slab City. (Misha Erwitt)

Saturday night in Slab City

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Apocalyptic squattersville for recession refugees

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Oakland votes to permit large marijuana farms

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San Francisco proposes controversial pet sale ban

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FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2008 file photo, Tourists watch sea lions on boat docks at Pier 39 in San Francisco. Last month, marine scientists counted more than 1,500 sea lions on fabled Pier 39, a record number that delighted tourists and baffled experts. Why so many? Why were they sticking around? But now, almost all of the sea lions are gone, leaving the experts guessing where they went and why. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) (AP)

Famous SF sea lions leave in droves

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In Navajo country, racism rides again

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Skid row makeover

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