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  • “The Great Plains” is a collection of images examining life in what is often considered flyover land. |||<br />
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Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska's smallest town. She has been the mayor, the bartender, the tax collector and the settler of disputes for the town's tavern since her husband's death more than a decade ago. The once-booming railroad town now reflects the century of American life it contained: books collect dust in the one-room schoolhouse, tourists discard an empty beer case in the tall grasses along main street and old photographs reveal a glimpse of the people of the Great Plains.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • A collection of life in the Great Plains.<br />
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Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska's smallest town. She has been the mayor, the bartender, the tax collector and the settler of disputes for the town's tavern since her husband's death more than a decade ago. The once-booming railroad town now reflects the century of American life it contained: books collect dust in the one-room schoolhouse, tourists discard an empty beer case in the tall grasses along main street and old photographs reveal a glimpse of the people of the Great Plains.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • The American Peace Corps initiative Brigada Verde works with young Dominicans who are committed to preserving the environment, which has been adversely affected by the tourism industry. The brigade is part of Sirve Quisqueya, a coalition of groups that improve local youth leadership and participation in community projects. In the image, a young Dominican alerts his friend to the photographer’s presence while the boys escorted a group of young American tourists near the Jimenoa Waterfall near La Joya, Jarabacoa.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • A collection of life in the Great Plains.<br />
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Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska's smallest town. She has been the mayor, the bartender, the tax collector and the settler of disputes for the town's tavern since her husband's death more than a decade ago. The once-booming railroad town now reflects the century of American life it contained: books collect dust in the one-room schoolhouse, tourists discard an empty beer case in the tall grasses along main street and old photographs reveal a glimpse of the people of the Great Plains.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Work in Progress: Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska's smallest town. She has been the mayor, the bartender, the tax collector and the settler of disputes for the town's tavern since her husband's death more than a decade ago. The once-booming railroad town now reflects the century of American life it contained: books collect dust in the one-room schoolhouse, tourists discard an empty beer case in the tall grasses along main street and old photographs reveal a glimpse of the people of the Great Plains.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Work in Progress: Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska's smallest town. She has been the mayor, the bartender, the tax collector and the settler of disputes for the town's tavern since her husband's death more than a decade ago. The once-booming railroad town now reflects the century of American life it contained: books collect dust in the one-room schoolhouse, tourists discard an empty beer case in the tall grasses along main street and old photographs reveal a glimpse of the people of the Great Plains.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • A collection of life in the Great Plains.<br />
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Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska's smallest town. She has been the mayor, the bartender, the tax collector and the settler of disputes for the town's tavern since her husband's death more than a decade ago. The once-booming railroad town now reflects the century of American life it contained: books collect dust in the one-room schoolhouse, tourists discard an empty beer case in the tall grasses along main street and old photographs reveal a glimpse of the people of the Great Plains. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Work in Progress: Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska's smallest town. She has been the mayor, the bartender, the tax collector and the settler of disputes for the town's tavern since her husband's death more than a decade ago. The once-booming railroad town now reflects the century of American life it contained: books collect dust in the one-room schoolhouse, tourists discard an empty beer case in the tall grasses along main street and old photographs reveal a glimpse of the people of the Great Plains. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Work in Progress: Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska's smallest town. She has been the mayor, the bartender, the tax collector and the settler of disputes for the town's tavern since her husband's death more than a decade ago. The once-booming railroad town now reflects the century of American life it contained: books collect dust in the one-room schoolhouse, tourists discard an empty beer case in the tall grasses along main street and old photographs reveal a glimpse of the people of the Great Plains.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Work in Progress: Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska's smallest town. She has been the mayor, the bartender, the tax collector and the settler of disputes for the town's tavern since her husband's death more than a decade ago. The once-booming railroad town now reflects the century of American life it contained: books collect dust in the one-room schoolhouse, tourists discard an empty beer case in the tall grasses along main street and old photographs reveal a glimpse of the people of the Great Plains.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Work in Progress: Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska's smallest town. She has been the mayor, the bartender, the tax collector and the settler of disputes for the town's tavern since her husband's death more than a decade ago. The once-booming railroad town now reflects the century of American life it contained: books collect dust in the one-room schoolhouse, tourists discard an empty beer case in the tall grasses along main street and old photographs reveal a glimpse of the people of the Great Plains.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Work in Progress: Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska's smallest town. She has been the mayor, the bartender, the tax collector and the settler of disputes for the town's tavern since her husband's death more than a decade ago. The once-booming railroad town now reflects the century of American life it contained: books collect dust in the one-room schoolhouse, tourists discard an empty beer case in the tall grasses along main street and old photographs reveal a glimpse of the people of the Great Plains.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Work in Progress: Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska's smallest town. She has been the mayor, the bartender, the tax collector and the settler of disputes for the town's tavern since her husband's death more than a decade ago. The once-booming railroad town now reflects the century of American life it contained: books collect dust in the one-room schoolhouse, tourists discard an empty beer case in the tall grasses along main street and old photographs reveal a glimpse of the people of the Great Plains.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Work in Progress: Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska's smallest town. She has been the mayor, the bartender, the tax collector and the settler of disputes for the town's tavern since her husband's death more than a decade ago. The once-booming railroad town now reflects the century of American life it contained: books collect dust in the one-room schoolhouse, tourists discard an empty beer case in the tall grasses along main street and old photographs reveal a glimpse of the people of the Great Plains.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Work in Progress: Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska's smallest town. She has been the mayor, the bartender, the tax collector and the settler of disputes for the town's tavern since her husband's death more than a decade ago. The once-booming railroad town now reflects the century of American life it contained: books collect dust in the one-room schoolhouse, tourists discard an empty beer case in the tall grasses along main street and old photographs reveal a glimpse of the people of the Great Plains.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Work in Progress: Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska's smallest town. She has been the mayor, the bartender, the tax collector and the settler of disputes for the town's tavern since her husband's death more than a decade ago. The once-booming railroad town now reflects the century of American life it contained: books collect dust in the one-room schoolhouse, tourists discard an empty beer case in the tall grasses along main street and old photographs reveal a glimpse of the people of the Great Plains.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Work in Progress: Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska's smallest town. She has been the mayor, the bartender, the tax collector and the settler of disputes for the town's tavern since her husband's death more than a decade ago. The once-booming railroad town now reflects the century of American life it contained: books collect dust in the one-room schoolhouse, tourists discard an empty beer case in the tall grasses along main street and old photographs reveal a glimpse of the people of the Great Plains.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Work in Progress: Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska's smallest town. She has been the mayor, the bartender, the tax collector and the settler of disputes for the town's tavern since her husband's death more than a decade ago. The once-booming railroad town now reflects the century of American life it contained: books collect dust in the one-room schoolhouse, tourists discard an empty beer case in the tall grasses along main street and old photographs reveal a glimpse of the people of the Great Plains.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Randy Thompson is photographed at 1860 West Bennet Road in Martell, Neb. on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. Thompson has become an unexpected spokesperson in matters concerning the pipeline and its route through Nebraska. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • American health care has failed Vi Lane. Twenty-six years ago, Lane sold her family's four businesses to pay a 2.5 million dollar hospital bill after the death of her husband Rod who was uninsured. With few resources, Lane, now 69, moved into a rented home near downtown Platte City and has recently taken in her pregnant and uninsured granddaughter Cyndi Perkins with her 18-month-old son Tommy Brown. Though health insurance woes continue to plague them, this unexpected family has brought a sense of cohesion and has filled Vi's home with love.<br />
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Vi Lane reaches out to her great-grandson Thomas Brown as they drive through Platte City on Tuesday, September 23, 2014. Lane lost her family's four businesses after the death of her husband 22 years ago, and though the future continues to be unclear, she is grateful for the time with family. | Missouri Photo Workshop<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Sand covers a dead migratory bird along the shore of Lake Michigan in spring. The cause of the death is unknown, though much flora and fauna suffered after a malfunction at a BP refinery a month prior caused a crude oil spill of at least 15 barrels into the lake. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Ruth Matlock, Senior Services Coordinator for Eastern Nebraska Community Action Partnership, poses for a portrait at the ENCAP office in Omaha on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014. Matlock, who is 78, has worked for ENCAP since 1980, and she first started working when she was 11 years old. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • East Butler Evan Sisel prepares to take on Hyannis's Emmett Hoover at 170 pounds before his upcoming first round match in Class D. Sisel pinned Hoover at 1:00 and went on to defeat Howells-Dodge's Brandon Wragge 6-3. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Freeman High School's second-ranked Austin Ruskamp bares bloody teeth after pinning Anselmo-Merna senior Jake Wells, ranked No. 1 at 160 pounds in the Class D quarterfinal match. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Omaha Artist Brian Tait poses for a portrait holding some of the hundreds of cigarettes, which he sketched every time he had an urge to smoke, inside of his workspace at Midtown Art Supply in Omaha on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. Tait quit smoking in preparation for his daughter's birth in May. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • McCook running back and offensive linebacker poses for a portrait below a McCook Bison emblem at Weiland Field in McCook on Wednesday, July 25, 2012. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Robert Horton of Omaha poses for a portrait at the River City Record Collectors Club fall show at the Omaha Fire Fighters Union Hall on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013. "I love my music," Horton said, adding, "I've been an audiophile for 60 years." | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Col. Tom Brewer poses for a portrait at the Nebraska State Capitol on Friday, Jan. 18, 2013. Brewer has spent much of the last year in recovery after a rocket-propelled grenade slammed into his vehicle in Afghanistan in 2011. Brewer said he hopes to return to Afghanistan. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Dale Duckert of Omaha poses for a portrait at the River City Record Collectors Club fall show at the Omaha Fire Fighters Union Hall on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013. "Unless you're a big time collector and a big time reseller, why, there isn't that much money in it. For hobbyists like me, it's just more fun than anything else. It's a chance to sell some records so you can afford to buy some others," Duckert said. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Nine-year-old McKayla McCarville stands in the staging area outside of the Burwell arena where the 85th annual Nebraska's Big Rodeo is held. McKayla's father, Kirk McCarville, brought her to the rodeo and McKayla said that she nervously watched him compete in the rodeo's wild horse race. | Personal work<br />
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Chicago Freelance Documentary Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Olivia Salm shares a secret with her boyfriend Mitchel Jensen during the homecoming dance, which took place in the school's cafeteria.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • “The Great Plains” is a collection of images examining life in what is often considered flyover land. |||<br />
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"This may be a small town, but it's got a big rodeo, and it's got a really big heart," Miss Burwell Rodeo Olivia Hunsperger said. In its 92nd year, the rodeo continues strong and serves as an economic stronghold for a small community in the Sandhills of Nebraska.<br />
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Nebraska's Big Rodeo board member Mike Burnham and Jessa Reinwald, 3, share a saddle as they prepare to go through the Grand Entry during Nebraska's Big Rodeo. The rodeo owes much of its success to board members and other volunteers who give of their time and resources.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • “The Great Plains” is a collection of images examining life in what is often considered flyover land. |||<br />
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Nine-year-old McKayla McCarville stands in the staging area outside of the Burwell arena where the 85th annual Nebraska's Big Rodeo is held. McKayla's father, Kirk McCarville, brought her to the rodeo and McKayla said that she nervously watched him compete in the rodeo's wild horse race. "This may be a small town, but it's got a big rodeo, and it's got a really big heart," Miss Burwell Rodeo Olivia Hunsperger said. In its 92nd year, the rodeo continues strong and serves as an economic stronghold for a small community in the Sandhills of Nebraska. <br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • “The Great Plains” is a collection of images examining life and love in what is often considered flyover land. |||<br />
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Taylor Rudd of Lubbock, Texas, kneels to pray with his horse, White Horse, during the funeral services for Marine Lance Cpl. Hunter Hogan at St. Joseph Cemetery in York, Neb. Hunter, 21, died while serving in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • “The Great Plains” is a collection of images examining life in what is often considered flyover land. |||<br />
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Olivia Salm shares a secret with her boyfriend Mitchel Jensen during the homecoming dance, which took place in the school's cafeteria.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand Americaís role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghansí lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand Americaís role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghansí lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Nine-year-old McKayla McCarville stands in the staging area outside of the Burwell arena where the 85th annual Nebraska's Big Rodeo is held. McKayla's father, Kirk McCarville, brought her to the rodeo and McKayla said that she nervously watched him compete in the rodeo's wild horse race. "This may be a small town, but it's got a big rodeo, and it's got a really big heart," 2013 Miss Burwell Rodeo Olivia Hunsperger said. In its 92nd year, the rodeo continues strong and serves as an economic stronghold for a small community in the Sandhills of Nebraska. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Rancher Randy Thompson owns land in Nebraska where TransCanada's Keystone Pipeline is proposed to cross. Thompson, who is a symbol of the opposition and one of the three landowner plaintiffs in Thompson v. Heineman, has had his likeness used on bumperstickers and t-shirt in the anti-pipeline slogan "I Stand with Randy" after he was arrested in Washington, D.C. for protesting the Keystone in 2013. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • A beach mural brings Miami's Biscayne Bay to Wabash, Indiana, in the Olivette Room -- a tribute to Mark C. Honeywell, a native and benefactor of Wabash, Ind. The room is a replica of the after deck of Honeywell's yacht Olivette. Wabash, which currently has about 10,500 residents, is one of many small American towns trying to make a transition from an industrial past to a knowledge-based and creative economy. | On assignment for the Wall Street Journal<br />
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Chicago Freelance Documentary Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Notre Dame Leprechaun mascot John Doran leaps with joy during the Fighting Irish's 31-0 win over Michigan at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014, in South Bend, Indiana. Doran wears Under Armour shoes, socks and undergarments, though his costume is custom made.<br />
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Notre Dame has historically been a traditional institution but has busted out in a big way this year with a huge contract with Under Armour. They're providing loud flashy uniforms, a whole new look for their product line and they're not even one of the top companies in sports apparel.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • 8/10/14 6:50:22 PM -- Chicago, IL, U.S.A  -- Sherelle Smith, at left, kisses her fiancee Keela Taylor after a mock wedding ceremony at the booth for the Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago for the Northalsted Market Days on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014. Smith and Taylor plan to get married in June of 2015. The festival took place in Chicago's Boystown, the nation's first municipally recognized gay village. The once primarily gay neighborhood on the city's North Side has turned become a more straight, family driven neighborhood in recent years. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Nebraska running back Ameer Abdullah and his brother Muhammad Abdullah comb the hair of their 18-month-old nephew Eli Carmichael with their brother-in-law Micheal McPherson (cq) in their family's home in Bessemer, Ala., on Saturday, May 10, 2014. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Jackie Robinson West fans cheer on passing trollies carrying the team, family members and media in Chicago on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. The Little League National Champions started with a rally at their home ballpark, rode in a 13.5-mile parade and finished off with a rally at Millennium Park in downtown Chicago. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Jackie Robinson West catcher, pitcher and infielder Brandon Green peaks through to see the crowd during a rally held in their honor at Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago's Millennium Park on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. The Little League National Champions started with a rally at their home ballpark, rode in a 13.5-mile parade and finished off with a rally at Millennium Park in downtown Chicago. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Jackie Robinson West catcher and outfielder Darion Radcliff walks with teammates toward the first of two rallies held for the team in Chicago on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. The Little League National Champions started with a rally at their home ballpark, rode in a 13.5-mile parade and finished off with a rally at Millennium Park in downtown Chicago. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Chicago Bulls College Preparatory students, from left, Chris Jackson, Ebelise Mathews, Sheanell Dotson and Victor Quezada practice a waltz during their sinfonietta orchestra class at their school in Chicago on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Owner Nick Kokonas poses for a portrait in the front dining room of his Chicago restaurant Alinea on Friday, Nov. 28, 2014. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Designer Paul Pierce poses for a portrait in Motorola's Chicago offices on Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. Isaacs spearheaded the effort to produce the Motorola smartphone Moto X, which he is holding. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Fred Lorenzen, who will be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in January of 2015, poses for a portrait in his room at the Oak Brook Healthcare Center in Oak Brook, Illinois on Friday, Aug. 1, 2014. Boston University will likely study Lorenzen's brain after his death. Lorenzen, who suffers from dementia, will likely be the first driver to be diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • From left, Meg Lette finds a quiet moment as her sister Chelsea swings Sam, the baby of the family, during a family outing at Elmwood Park in Omaha, Nebraska on Friday, May 23, 2014. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Cyclists ride along a rural road between New Delhi and Agra, India on Jan. 27, 2014. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • The wedding party erupts in laughter as the bride Shail Mehta, at center, loses a traditional contest that predicts who will be dominant in the new marriage. The Indian-American wedding took place in in Ahmedabad on Feb. 1, 2014. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Rancher Randy Thompson owns land in Nebraska where TransCanada's Keystone Pipeline is proposed to cross. Thompson, who is a symbol of the opposition and one of the three landowner plaintiffs in Thompson v. Heineman, has had his likeness used on bumperstickers and t-shirt in the anti-pipeline slogan "I Stand with Randy" after he was arrested in Washington, D.C. for protesting the Keystone in 2013. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Taylor Collins, 11, lifts her 5-year-old sister Chloie up to an ice cream truck so she can choose her dessert as their sister Gianna, 6, at left, watches in Marktown, an East Chicago neighborhood that is nestled next to an oil refinery.<br />
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  • Vi Lane carries her great-grandson Tommy to check the mail during an eight-hour stretch of babysitting while his mother works outside of their Platte City home on Wednesday, September 24, 2014.<br />
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  • During an eight-hour stretch of babysitting her great-grandson while his mother works, Vi Lane rests as she watches television at home in Platte City on Wednesday, September 24, 2014. Eight months ago, Tommy's mother Cyndi Perkins moved into Lane's home shortly after finding out she was pregnant with her second child.<br />
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  • After a long day of babysitting her great-grandson, Vi Lane collapses into the arms of Cyndi Perkins, who is tired and withdrawn after working at Y Club, an after school activities program, on Wednesday, September 24, 2014.<br />
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  • Vi Lane spends time with her great-grandson Tommy Brown in their back yard in Platte City on Wednesday, September 24, 2014.<br />
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  • Vi Lane spends time with her great-grandson Tommy Brown in their back yard in Platte City on Wednesday, September 24, 2014.<br />
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  • Hoping for an early bedtime, Cyndi Perkins helps her son Tommy Brown brush his teeth at her grandmother's home in Platte City on Tuesday, September 23, 2014.<br />
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  • Cindy Perkins takes a moment away from the demands of work and caring for Tommy to nap after work in Platte City on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014. Perkins makes $9.25 an hour but is not allowed to work more than 28 hours each week so that her employer isn't required to enroll her in health insurance.<br />
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  • Tommy Brown eats burgers and fries for lunch at the Dairy Queen in Platte City with his aunt Jackie Perkins, left, and mother, Cyndi Perkins, on Friday, September. 26, 2014.<br />
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  • Cindy Perkins visits the Social Services Department to enroll in the Uninsured Women's Health Services program in preparation for the upcoming birth of her daughter in Platte City on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014. Perkins is uninsured and will have to travel 35 miles south to the Research Medical Center, which is the only hospital that will accept the health care that the program provides.<br />
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  • At home in Platte City, Tommy Brown looks outside for his grandmother Vi Lane on Tuesday, September 23, 2014.<br />
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  • At home in Platte City, Tommy Brown plays on the ground as his mother, Cyndi Perkins, at right, rests after a long day of running errands and working at Y Club, an after school activities program, on Tuesday, September 23, 2014. Perkins makes $9.25 an hour but is not allowed to work more than 28 hours each week so that her employer isn't required to enroll her in health insurance.<br />
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  • From left, Cyndi Perkins, her sister Jackie Perkins and her 18-month-old son Tommy Brown wait as Perkins’s grandmother Vi Lane loads diapers into the car shortly after a trip to Sam’s Club in Kansas City on Tuesday, September 23, 2014. In addition to food, the crew purchased items in preparation of the birth of Cyndi Perkins’s daughter whose due date is just weeks away on October 9.<br />
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  • [Twenty six years ago, Vi Lane and her family were set. She and her high school sweetheart Rod owned three KFC restaurants and a video store. But a lump developed on Rod's neck, and four years later, Rod died from complications related to oats-cell carcinoma. Rod's treatment cost millions of dollars, and without health insurance, Vi sold the family's businesses to settle the hospital bill for 2.5 million dollars.<br />
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Vi has always worked, but with her 70th birthday looming on the horizon, she had settled into a solitary life in a two-story house she rents near downtown Platte City.<br />
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Eight months ago, shortly after Vi's 22-year-old granddaughter Cyndi Perkins found out she was pregnant with her second child, she and her 18-month-old son Thomas Brown moved in with Vi.<br />
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Cyndi works for Y Club, an after school program south of Platte City, and she hopes to teach second grade once she gets her degree. She makes $9.25 an hour but is not allowed to work more than 28 hours each week so that her employer isn't required to enroll her in health insurance. Cyndi's hospital stay for the birth will be covered by the new Missouri Uninsured Women's Health Services program, but the only hospital that will take that insurance is a 35-mile drive from home.<br />
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Though health insurance woes continue to plague them, this unexpected family has brought a sense of cohesion and has filled Vi's solitary home with love.]<br />
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Vi Lane reaches out to her great-grandson Thomas Brown as they drive through Platte City on Tuesday, September 23, 2014. Lane lost her family's four businesses after the death of her husband 22 years ago, and though the future continues to be unclear, she is grateful for the time with family.<br />
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  • From left, Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah seniors and captains Trevor Rebedew, Hunter Schoenborn, Brock Bonebrake Elliot Van Oss walk to center field before the Resorters' game against Valley Christian on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah won 55-12 and finished the season undefeated.<br />
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  • Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah sophomore running back Jared Shaw encourages senior quarterback Elliot Van Oss on the head as they prepares for the Resorters' game against Valley Christian on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah won 55-12 and finished the season undefeated. Also pictured are lineman Andrew Muller, at left, and running back Trevor Rebedew.<br />
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  • Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah students and band members, from left, Sydney Shovan, Eliza Meyers and Riley Winter prepare for their halftime performance during the first half of the Resorters' game against Valley Christian on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. As is tradition, students covered the town with toilet paper leading up to the big game. Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah won 55-12 and finished the season undefeated.<br />
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  • Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah senior wide receiver Gunnr Johnson prepares for the Resorters' game against Valley Christian on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah won 55-12 and finished the season undefeated.<br />
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  • From left, Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah students Brittany Schmidt, Taylor Marie Poisson and Brittany Schneider take a break from dancing as the 2013 Homecoming King AJ Lallensack, at right, enjoys the Homecoming dance, which took place in the school's cafeteria on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014.<br />
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  • Olivia Salm shares a secret with her boyfriend Mitchel Jensen during the homecoming dance, which took place in the school's cafeteria on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014.<br />
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  • From left, Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah students Dean Schamberger, Anthony Klahn, Jacob Starnicty, Lauren Boos and Sofia Henschel play with the pep band as they make their way along Elkhart Lake's main drag during the Homecoming parade before the Resorters' homecoming game against Valley Christian on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah won 55-12 and finished the season undefeated.<br />
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  • Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah sophomore running back Dyllan Konen has trouble focusing on U.S. History just hours before the Resorters' homecoming game against Valley Christian on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah won 55-12 and finished the season undefeated.<br />
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  • As a train passes, the Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah cheerleaders warm up the crowd before the Resorters' game against Maranatha Baptist in Watertown, Wisc., on Friday, Sept. 4, 2014. Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah won 43-12 and finished the season undefeated.<br />
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  • From left, Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah players Trevor Rebedew, Jared Shaw, Owen Kalbacken and Dyllan Konen prepare for their game against Maranatha Baptist during the national anthem in Watertown, Wisc., on Friday, Sept. 4, 2014. Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah won 43-12 and finished the season undefeated.<br />
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  • In Wisconsin, the Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah football team has enjoyed a new-found popularity since converting its 11-man team to 8-man. This resort town school joined a statewide trend toward this style of play, which allows small schools -- many of which are shrinking due to rural population decline -- to compete with each other on a level playing ground.<br />
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The community -- small thought it may be -- behind the school has wholeheartedly embraced the new style of play. "The student section is phenomenal," head coach Barry Feldman said. "Our players feel it. They hear it, and they see it. And it makes them play even harder." <br />
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Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah senior wide receiver and defensive back Logan Knepfel, at left, and senior Meghan Clemens prepare to take part in the Homecoming parade as part of the Homecoming Court before the Resorters' homecoming game against Valley Christian on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah won 55-12 and finished the season undefeated.<br />
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  • From left, Daniel Reyes, 17, and Steve Reyes, 17, who are not related, row together during practice on the Chicago River on Thursday, May 1, 2014, for the Chicago Training Center, a non-profit in Chicago, which has a free program designed to introduce low-income, minority youth to rowing, and since it was founded in 2007 it has gained a reputation for producing rowers who go on to compete at the NCAA level. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • From left, VLA students Asha Andrews-Hutchinson and Kwesi Brakwa roast marshmallows along the shores of the Yasika River during the farewell dinner and bonfire near Cabarete.<br />
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  • Children from the La Joya, Jarabacoa, community and Chicago’s Village Leadership Academy swim downstream from the Jimenoa Waterfall in the Dominican Republic.<br />
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  • Young children, including VLA student Jevron Hobbs Jr., at left, bridge the language divide with the global language of sport outside of the Pomier Caves Anthropological Reserve north of San Cristobal in the Dominican Republic.<br />
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  • A young boy named Eduardo practices drums in Santiago de Los Caballeros in the Dominican Republic. Behind Eduardo hangs a painting by the Dominican artist Ricardo Toribio who paints scenes celebrating life on the island, especially that of the native Tainos who European colonialists enslaved alongside African slaves imported in the 15th century. The country, and its neighbor Haiti, still struggle with racism and ethnic divisions, but art celebrating the lives of the descendants of slaves has found a new audience and acclaim.<br />
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  • The caves in El Choco National Park, near Cabarete in the Dominican Republic, have become an important part of the country's tourism industry, but conservationists worry about the long-term consequences tourism brings on the cave microclimates, which are affected by physical alterations, such as concrete paths and steel handrails, as well as climate changes in carbon dioxide, humidity and temperature altered by human presence. In the image, a candle lights a young Dominican boy named David who escorted a group of young American tourists.<br />
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  • Road weary and overwhelmed, 11-year-old VLA student Jakya Hobbs walks with Illinois State Senator Toi Hutchinson near the Jimenoa Waterfall in the Dominican Republic.<br />
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  • VLA student Anarree Jonson looks out the bus window as a young, Haitian boy peers in, hoping for a gift he can sell or use at the Sosua dump where he and other homeless people live and work. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • VLA student Jevron Hobbs Jr. rests on the grass outside of his hotel room after visiting the Sosua dump where homeless people sort garbage to be sold for about a dollar a day.<br />
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  • Iowa National Guard Spc. John Kerschner, 46, hugs four of his daughters including, from left, Grace, 14, Gianna, 7, Gaela, 9, and Gladys, 11, outside of their home in Clearfield, Iowa. Kerschner served at Combat Outpost Dand Patan with Bravo Company of the 1-168th battalion of the Iowa National Guard. “I don't want to say it was an enjoyable experience” in Afghanistan, Kerschner said. “But it was a worthwhile one.” | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • After saying no for years to outreach workers who tried to coax him to live in an apartment rent-free, Omahan Mark Rettele, 52, finally agreed to give up living on the streets and sleeping on a concrete ledge under a bridge. Rettele sees the national program Housing First as a good start at a second chance in his often troubled life. "It's warm," he said of his apartment. "It's my own place." | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Julie Medina, a prosecutor who specializes in domestic violence, poses for a portrait outside of the Douglas County Courthouse in Omaha, Neb. on Jan. 27, 2011. Medina, who was raped more than a decade ago, speaks at local schools, which now must comply with a new state law requiring them to educate middle and high school students about relationships and dating violence. "I learned really early on that I did nothing wrong," Medina said. "But if you keep it quiet, it lets these perpetrators continue." | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Ben Burdick holds his great-grandsons, Trevor Burdick, 3, at left, and Mason Burdick, 2, before posing for a family picture after lunch at the Burdick Ranch south of Wood Lake, Neb. on Saturday, April 21, 2012. The Burdick family, now with four generations working the land, credit their branding success to neighbors and hire hands. "We run a thousand cows," Ben Burdick said. "If you didn't have help, you couldn't operate." | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • An Afghan boy waits to sign up to clean the streets at the district police station of Marwakh, near Combat Outpost Zormat, on Saturday, March 19, 2011. First Lt. Justin Schultz, of Council Bluffs, not pictured, and the 1-168th battalion of the Iowa National Guard's Delta Company worked with Shura leaders to set up a work for cash project in which locals boys and men cleaned up the streets of the bazaar. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Amber cuddles with Justis in the living room of their apartment at Family Works, a residential treatment program for expectant or new mothers, in Omaha on January 9, 2012. Through individual therapy sessions, Amber has learned how to connect emotionally with her daughter. "She looked like a little angel when she was born. Her head was so small and she was so tiny and so precious and very frail...and I couldn't believe that I did that to her," Amber said. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Ruth Marimo, a native of Zimbabwe and mother of two, poses for a portrait as she cleans a condominium in downtown Omaha on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. Marimo, whose ex-husband turned her into into immigration officials, spent a month in jail awaiting deportation, but was freed and allowed to stay in the United States. She has written "Freedom of an Illegal Immigrant," a book about her experiences. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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