“How does a hardworking sixty-four-year-old-woman end up without a house or a permanent place to stay, relying on unpredictable low-wage work to survive? Living in a mile-high alpine wilderness, with intermittent snow and maybe mountain lions in a tiny trailer,… — Jessica Bruder Copy Share Image
“But for them—as for anyone—survival isn’t enough. So what began as a last-ditch effort has become a battle cry for something greater. Being human… — Jessica Bruder Copy Share Image
“THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ITINERANTS, drifters, hobos, restless souls. But now, in the second millennium, a new kind of wandering tribe is emerging. People… — Jessica Bruder Copy Share Image
“AT THE SAME TIME Empire was dying, a new and very different kind of company town was thriving seventy miles to the south. In… — Jessica Bruder Copy Share Image
“A deepening class divide makes social mobility all but impossible. The result is a de facto caste system. This is not only morally wrong… — Jessica Bruder Copy Share Image
“How does a hardworking sixty-four-year-old-woman end up without a house or a permanent place to stay, relying on unpredictable low-wage work to survive? Living… — Jessica Bruder Copy Share Image
“It’s estimated that more than forty thousand RVers dwell in the desert near Quartzsite from December through February. Bill Alexander has watched them come… — Jessica Bruder Copy Share Image
“Being human means yearning for more than subsistence. As much as food or shelter, we require hope.” — Jessica Bruder Copy Share Image
