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Divvy Wants to Make Rent-to-Own Deals Easy. Many Customers Find Them Hard.

The three-bedroom house in suburban Atlanta on a quiet cul-de-sac seemed exactly what Jeneyha Wheatley-Frett and her husband, Shawn Frett, were looking for when they moved in about 15 months […]




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The Dream of the Open Road Collides With the Reality of $5-a-Gallon Gas

Gas prices have risen nearly every day since our trip began on May 12. According to AAA’s tracker, the national average hit $5 a gallon on Saturday. We had no […]




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Revitalizing Black Neighborhoods by Preserving Their History

Jevonte Porter grew up hearing family stories about a bustling era of arts and business in the Orange Mound section of Memphis. After World War II, locals flocked to performance […]




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How to Make a Neighborhood Farm for an Entire Metropolis

ATLANTA — Joe Reynolds and Judith Winfrey, the married couple who started Love Is Love Farm 13 years ago not far from downtown Atlanta, are part of a generation of […]




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Broadcasting ‘the Shock, the Horror, the Outrage’ Live, Again and Again

Last week, the CNN anchor Brianna Keilar found herself, for the second time in under a week, guiding viewers through the grim ritual of trying, and failing, to make sense […]