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Clients wait in line to shop for food at the St. Vincent de Paul food pantry in Indianapolis, Indiana, November 27, 2012.
Ned Resnikoff is an urban policy analyst, researcher, writer, and editor. His byline has appeared in a variety of publications, including the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Dissent, and The Nation. He writes the newsletter Public Comment, which can be found at publiccomment.blog.
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