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Karen Weese

Karen Weese

Why It Costs So Much to be Poor in America

Sirrea Monroe never expected her electricity to get shut off — she was only $70 behind, and she planned to pay it off after her next…

Sep 16, 2021

Why It Costs So Much to be Poor in America

Sep 16, 2021

Karen Weese

Why it’s so hard to give—and receive—charity, even at the holidays

I’m sitting cross-legged on the hardwood gym floor, folding teeny pastel pants and shirts while the parents from this struggling elementary…

Sep 15, 2021

Why it’s so hard to give—and receive—charity, even at the holidays

Sep 15, 2021

Karen Weese

Behavioral economics has a plan to fight poverty—and it’s all about “redesigning the cockpit”

Dr. Bryan Bledsoe was just trying to keep up. The ER at his small rural hospital was always packed, and the top brass had urged him to move…

Sep 14, 2021

Behavioral economics has a plan to fight poverty—and it’s all about “redesigning the cockpit”

Sep 14, 2021

Karen Weese

Leslie Roberts is the answer to your prayers—but not for long

At some point in their lives, nearly every American will need the services of someone in her field … but no one can afford to keep the job

Sep 14, 2021

Leslie Roberts is the answer to your prayers—but not for long

Sep 14, 2021

Karen Weese

An octogenarian couple had to stop delivering Meals on Wheels because of coronavirus risk—so a…

It’s 10:30 a.m. on a Monday morning, which means that Ann and Bill Walker are supposed to be climbing into their small grey Ford SUV…

May 6, 2020

An octogenarian couple had to stop delivering Meals on Wheels because of coronavirus risk—so a…

May 6, 2020

Karen Weese

This 30-Second Conversation Before the Holidays Could Save Your Child’s Life

The Christmas lights twinkled as 12-year-old Brian Crowell crunched down the steps of his family’s two-story gray colonial in Saugus…

Dec 10, 2015

This 30-Second Conversation Before the Holidays Could Save Your Child’s Life

Dec 10, 2015

Karen Weese

Karen Weese

Karen Weese is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in The Washington Post, Slate, Scientific American, and elsewhere. Read more at www.karenweese.com.

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