Back in March, as the pandemic hit, many people across the country found themselves without a safety net. Naida Lavon was one of them. Naida is 67 and a former school bus driver. She was recently furloughed from her part time job at a rental car company. For the past few months, Naida’s been living in her car on the streets of Portland, Oregon. As part of our Hunker Down Diaries series, we bring you her story.
Music this week from Blue Dot Sessions and “Home Again” by Michael Kiwanuka.
The Last Witness
The Press is the Enemy
The View from the 79th Floor
The Dropped Wrench
Prisoners of War
The Working Tapes of Studs Terkel
Stories from a Vanishing New York
Shirley Chisholm: Unbought and Unbossed
The Square Deal
Amanda's Diary: Revisited
Last Witness: Surviving the Tulsa Race Riot
Juan's Diaries: Undocumented, Then and Now
The Bonus Army
The Working Tapes
The Story of Jane
The Ski Troops of WWII
When Nazis Took Manhattan
A Voicemail Valentine
The Border Wall
Thembi's Diary
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It is Free
Criminal
Ear Hustle
Song Exploder
The Truth
the memory palace