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The poor have always been with us, as the Bible says. In 10th century England, wealthy donors or religious orders endowed houses for the poor, the sickly, the widow, the ...

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Before they were the Talking Heads, they were the Artistics. And as the Artistics, singer and guitarist David Byrne, drummer Christ Frantz, and bassist David Anderson recorded an early demo of future ...

This article was featured in New York’s One Great Story newsletter. Sign up here. Krystal Velorien needed help. A 35-year-old marketing professional living in Ohio who had separated from her husband a ...