Notes From an Expedition: Gers in the Big City
Lede: In Ulaanbaatar, David A. Andelman meets with Zaya, a Mongolian herder who moved to the capital looking for a better life. Five years later, she still lives in a tent slum with no running water....
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Lede: From the world's largest refugee camp, Dewaine Farria looks at the work of the UN. While acknowledging its failures, Farria says the UN's aid programs often buy enough time for real political...
View ArticleThe Human Cost of Slum Clearance
Lede: Across India, slums are being bulldozed and their inhabitants resettled. The story of Meena, a Chennai resident, is a stark reminder of how the evicted suffer. Kavitha Rajagopalan argues that...
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