slums

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He left a peerless catalogue of songs articulating the life of working class Irish immigrants, with tales of finding love in the slums littered with references to literature, mythology and the Bible.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Like other reformers, including Catherine Bauer and Edith Elmer Wood, Simkhovitch saw slums through the narrow prism of their deplorable physical conditions, such as overcrowding.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

About half of the state's population lives in slums, said University of Lagos professor Timothy Nubi.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

Relating his journey to becoming a visual storyteller, Thomas recalled growing up in “one of the worst slums of Philadelphia,” sitting on his front stoop reading Shakespeare, James Baldwin and Tennessee Williams, immersed and transported.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2025

Sometimes we were accused of biting human children; I didn’t believe that, nor did any of us—unless it was some kind of a subnormal rat, bred in the worst of city slums.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien