I feel two things as I step over the threshold into Rosa’s home: cramped and welcome. Because the living room has been converted into a spare bedroom, the front door is inaccessible. My camera equipment and I come through the back, squeezing through the space between the open door and the refrigerator. Perched in her…

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EULESS — There’s a hush in the air as Theresa and I sit for her interview; the kind of warm, buzzing silence that catches you off-guard in the suburbs of the mid-cities. We’re just around the corner from a major road that connects to a bustling highway, but you’d never know it. The hum of…

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GRAPEVINE — The muted sounds of worship music hang in the air, drifting from a wireless radio across a ten-yard stretch of grass that serves as Regina’s front yard. Her home — barely over 400 square feet in actual living space — is a swarm of activity. Volunteers surround the property; most within arm’s length…

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