The Young and the Old

July 31, 2003 | This article appeared in the August 18, 2003 edition of The Nation.

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On a frigid morning in Washington, DC, two boys about 13 or 14 come to
the driveway of the Ambassador Baptist Church, where the day's meager
food offerings are displayed.

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Trudy Lieberman

Trudy Lieberman, a regular Nation contributor, directs the health and medicine reporting program at CUNY's Graduate...

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