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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Seven-year-old twins America Perez, left, and Priscilla Perez pose for a portrait during the celebration of Mexican Independence near Plaza Latino on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009. Omahans gathered on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the plaza, near 24th and O streets, to celebrate Mexican and other independence days. | 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Sgt. John Matheson, 45, of Omaha poses for a portrait near Musahi, south of Kabul, on Friday, April 15, 2011. This is the second deployment for Matheson, who is part of the 1-134th Calvary Squadron of the Nebraska National Guard HHT. | 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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  • 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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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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Anthony Madrid poses for a portrait in his home in Chicago on Friday, March 25, 2016.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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Anthony Madrid poses for a portrait in his home in Chicago on Friday, March 25, 2016.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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Anthony Madrid poses for a portrait in his home in Chicago on Friday, March 25, 2016.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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Anthony Madrid poses for a portrait in his home in Chicago on Friday, March 25, 2016.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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Anthony Madrid poses for a portrait in his home in Chicago on Friday, March 25, 2016.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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Anthony Madrid poses for a portrait in his home in Chicago on Friday, March 25, 2016.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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Anthony Madrid poses for a portrait in his home in Chicago on Friday, March 25, 2016.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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Anthony Madrid poses for a portrait in his home in Chicago on Friday, March 25, 2016.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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Anthony Madrid poses for a portrait in his home in Chicago on Friday, March 25, 2016.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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Anthony Madrid poses for a portrait in his home in Chicago on Friday, March 25, 2016.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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Anthony Madrid poses for a portrait in his home in Chicago on Friday, March 25, 2016.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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Anthony Madrid poses for a portrait in his home in Chicago on Friday, March 25, 2016.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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Camiella Williams, a 28-year-old gun violence activist from Chicago, poses for a portrait.<br />
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Williams left Chicago for the suburbs after the birth of her son. "Those that were fortunate enough not to be killed, now our babies are being killed," Williams said.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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Camiella Williams's 15-year-old cousin Porshe Foster, shown at center left, was shot in the back while hanging out with friends in 2012. Her portrait is part of a memorial wall that honors young people who have died violently. Williams has lost 22 friends and family members, many of whose pictures are displayed on the wall, which stands outside of St. Sabina Catholic Church on the South Side of Chicago. Williams left Chicago for the suburbs after the birth of her son. "Those that were fortunate enough not to be killed, now our babies are being killed," Williams said.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Bob Tomei -- IRI's President of Consumer and Shopper Marketing -- poses for a portrait at the company's headquarters in Chicago on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015.<br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • Bob Tomei -- IRI's President of Consumer and Shopper Marketing -- poses for a portrait at the company's headquarters in Chicago on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015.<br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • Bob Tomei -- IRI's President of Consumer and Shopper Marketing -- poses for a portrait at the company's headquarters in Chicago on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015.<br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • Bob Tomei -- IRI's President of Consumer and Shopper Marketing -- poses for a portrait at the company's headquarters in Chicago on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015.<br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • Bob Tomei -- IRI's President of Consumer and Shopper Marketing -- poses for a portrait at the company's headquarters in Chicago on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015.<br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • Bob Tomei -- IRI's President of Consumer and Shopper Marketing -- poses for a portrait at the company's headquarters in Chicago on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015.<br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • Bob Tomei -- IRI's President of Consumer and Shopper Marketing -- poses for a portrait at the company's headquarters in Chicago on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015.<br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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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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  • 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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  • 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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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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"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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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Olivia Salm shares a secret with her boyfriend Mitchel Jensen during the homecoming dance, which took place in the school's cafeteria.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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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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