Louise Lamphere

University of New Mexico anthropologist and author of "Sunbelt Working Mothers."

"People have this idea that if you take 22-year-old minority single women and train them, they'll get something more than a job at McDonald's. That's not the case. There aren't enough jobs."

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Photo Essays + Slideshows

Hot Town, Summer in the City

Bronx Riviera feeling dirty and gritty.

Can You Spot the Future Americans?

A mosaic of immigrant ID photos.

Chernobyl, 25 Years On

Radiation checkpoints. Contaminated mushrooms. A quarter century after the meltdown, meet the families who chose to stay.

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