How Rural America Steals Girls’ Futures
Death in a dying town
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Death in a dying town
Only 35 percent of Arkansas is fully vaccinated, and with case rates rising, living there can feel like moving through a distorted reality.
After a grad student lost her Medicaid coverage, she turned to cocaine and painkillers.
One woman’s plight to deal with trauma and mental illness landed her behind bars repeatedly, like scores of others trapped in the system without proper care.