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Ukrainian refugees struggle to adapt to a new economic reality

Feb 14, 2023
Russia’s invasion has displaced millions of people. Some are rebuilding their lives and businesses in other countries.
Ukrainian refugees stand in line to attend a job fair in Brooklyn on Feb. 1.
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Nashville's downtown is still recovering a year after a bombing rocked the area

Dec 24, 2021
The Christmas Day bombing impacted dozens of businesses. Some have relocated, while others are waiting for the city to rebuild.
Buildings damaged in the Christmas Day 2020 bombing stand on Second Avenue in downtown Nashville. Some businesses have relocated out of the district.
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In the Western wilderness, crowds of vacation renters are pricing out locals

Dec 21, 2021
Locals who live near national parks, like Joshua Tree, are seeing more and more housing stock become lucrative short-term rentals.
Tiffany Hopkins searches for new rental listings after hearing she has to be out of her triplex in Yucca Valley before Christmas. Hopkins has heard the property will be converted to short-term rentals.
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The man at the center of "The Last Black Man in San Francisco"

Jun 12, 2019
In a new film called, "The Last Black Man in San Francisco" Jimmie Fails plays a fictionalized version of himself.
Jimmie Fails stars in A24's "The Last Black Man in San Francisco."
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People gentrifying NYC neighborhoods have a lot of complaints

Jul 2, 2018
A new data analysis shows correlation between 311 calls, changing demographics and property values in gentrifying neighborhoods.
Congregating on the stoop, depicted in this photograph taken in 1955, has been part of life for immigrant communities in New York for a long time.
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