It's been ten years since Heather Klinker started Give Good Works, a thrift store and charity in Wynwood. She wanted to give women on the street a second chance. We started out with her story, but sometimes in this business one story leads to another. Klinker introduced Under the Sun's Alicia Zuckerman to Jennifer Rousseau, who candidly talked about her transformation from an addict and prostitute to a sober person with a steady job.
Marina Duran-Anderson performs as a mermaid. Job requirements: Ability to hold one's breath for long periods of time, excellent cardiovascular health, ability to keep one's burning eyes open in chlorinated water. Listen here to find out what it's like to put on a tail when you go to work.
Yanira Doyle is one of hundreds of thousands of South Floridians who are "under water" on their mortgages. But she refused to give up on her condo, even when she found herself all alone in an eight-unit building. She offers a firsthand account from the trenches of the real estate crisis.
Dan Grech interviews FIU demographer Maria Aysa about why some people identify themselves as Hispanic, and others as Latino. What's in a word? Aysa explains it's not just ethnicity that's at stake. It's also about political visibility.
Foreclosure Blues may sound like an anthem for the thousands of Americans who have lost their homes in the real estate bust. But in fact, Tom Naples wrote the song to tell the story of another group of homeowners: the men and women who saw their farms slip away from them during the dry years of the Great Depression.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
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