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On assignment for the Children’s Defense Fund, she found the Nailor family in a rural county in central Michigan where 35 percent of the children live in poverty.

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Then there are my friends, Denny Vitola, Lyse Salpeter, Bob Nailor, and Mitch Whitington—these guys offered as much support and advice about endurance as they did about writing, not to mention some great recipes here and there.

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Children like three-year-old Emily Nailor of Evart, Michigan, who lives with her four-year-old sister Amanda and their parents John and Sarah, who earn less than $22,314 a year, the official poverty guideline for a family of four. “If it weren’t for food stamps and the income tax credit, I don’t know where we’d be,” John said.

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Children like three-year-old Emily Nailor of Evart, Michigan, who lives with her four-year-old sister Amanda and their parents John and Sarah, who earn less than $22,314 a year, the official poverty guideline for a family of four. “If it weren’t for food stamps and the income tax credit, I don’t know where we’d be,” John said.

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On assignment for the Children’s Defense Fund, she found the Nailor family in a rural county in central Michigan where 35 percent of the children live in poverty.

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Their father, John Nailor, owns a computer repair business in Evart, Michigan but makes less than $22,314 a year, the poverty level for a family of four. “If it weren’t for food stamps and the income tax credit, I don’t know where we’d be,” he said. “We would be lost.”

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Their father, John Nailor, owns a computer repair business in Evart, Michigan but makes less than $22,314 a year, the poverty level for a family of four. “If it weren’t for food stamps and the income tax credit, I don’t know where we’d be,” he said. “We would be lost.”

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On assignment for the Children’s Defense Fund, she found the Nailor family in a rural county in central Michigan where 35 percent of the children live in poverty.

Marian Wright Edelman: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, Stupid Marian Wright Edelman 2011

Children like three-year-old Emily Nailor of Evart, Michigan, who lives with her four-year-old sister Amanda and their parents John and Sarah, who earn less than $22,314 a year, the official poverty guideline for a family of four. “If it weren’t for food stamps and the income tax credit, I don’t know where we’d be,” John said.

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Their father, John Nailor, owns a computer repair business in Evart, Michigan but makes less than $22,314 a year, the poverty level for a family of four. “If it weren’t for food stamps and the income tax credit, I don’t know where we’d be,” he said. “We would be lost.”

Marian Wright Edelman: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, Stupid Marian Wright Edelman 2011