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For the past 25 years, my research as a cultural anthropologist has taken me into the homes and neighborhoods of people living in poverty in cities and rural communities throughout the U.S. To better understand their day-to-day lives, I also have spent time in grocery stores, churches, nightclubs, parks and health clinics.