plasma, or collect scrap metal. Some were entrepreneurial, operating informal “sweet shops” out of their apartments, selling popsicles and other snacks. Other including some of the children, traded sex for cash or payment on a storage locker, a cell phone bill, or food. Many relied on the goodness of private charity, though the nonprofit sector is much weaker in poorer places such as Appalachia and the Delta than it is in affluent cities like Chicago. A few found succor in the arms of their extended…
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