slums

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Cooking with firewood or coal is unsafe in cramped rooms in slums.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Like other reformers, including Catherine Bauer and Edith Elmer Wood, Simkhovitch saw slums through the narrow prism of their deplorable physical conditions, such as overcrowding.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Nubi proposes "gentrification" that upgrades slums like Makoko without displacing residents.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

Relating his journey to becoming a visual storyteller, Thomas recalled growing up in “one of the worst slums of Philadelphia,” sitting on his front stoop reading Shakespeare, James Baldwin and Tennessee Williams, immersed and transported.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2025

Time and again he tried to drive home the idea that crime really begins in the slums, and that prison itself can’t cure it.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover