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Our Town - This weekly photo column explores the people, places and relationships that make living in Columbia a unique and interesting experience. Our subjects' thoughts and backgrounds are included to shed light on their community impact and reveal…

Our Town - This weekly photo column explores the people, places and relationships that make living in Columbia a unique and interesting experience. Our subjects' thoughts and backgrounds are included to shed light on their community impact and reveal…

During mass at a migrant labor camp the first prayer is for the tomato harvest. Bad weather and a bad economy are working together to make this year lean for workers whose paycheck grows on a vine.

Renee Holly is a hooker who cannot use money she makes illegally to buy a home or car. She fears having her assets seized if she's busted. In an attempt to go legit she performs sex acts in a chat room for $6.00 a minute. Now she gets a paycheck,…

PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK: Two-thirds of families in the United States say they live paycheck to paycheck. Household debt is at record levels, and American savings are in the negative, the lowest level since the Great Depression. The working class is…

Sense of Community--
Flint, Michigan has been highly maligned by its native son Michael Moore in his movies, and frequently listed among the worst, most stressful, dangerous, impoverished, economically disadvantaged cities in this country.

Sense of Community--
Flint, Michigan has been highly maligned by its native son Michael Moore in his movies, and frequently listed among the worst, most stressful, dangerous, impoverished, economically disadvantaged cities in this country.

Sense of Community--
Flint, Michigan has been highly maligned by its native son Michael Moore in his movies, and frequently listed among the worst, most stressful, dangerous, impoverished, economically disadvantaged cities in this country.

Cobbler Dwight Garfield repairs a purse strap at the Crestline Shoe Shop

Lisa Roberts comforts her husband of 32 years, Bill Roberts, as they talk about memories of their home they are selling due to Bill's health.