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Jason DeParle

Jason DeParle
Jason DeParle is a reporter for The New York Times and has written extensively about poverty and immigration. His book, American Dream: Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Nation’s Drive to End Welfare was a New York Times Notable Book and won the Helen Bernstein Award from the New York City Library. He was an Emerson Fellow at New America. He is a recipient of the George Polk Award and is a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.


The Life and Times of a Filipino
Overseas Worker

Rosalie Villanueva's 8,500-Mile Journey From a Manila Slum to a Texas Hospital
August 29, 2019  By Jason DeParle
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