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A pregnant teen was sent away to a place that promised to help. Then they took her baby

Tucked away on the campus of Liberty University is a maternity home where young, unwed mothers go for support. But a new podcast by Wondery, Liberty Lost, instead reveals a place where vulnerable teens feel pressured to surrender their babies in exchange for scholarships. One of them, Abbi Johnson, tells Andrea Cavallier, how the Godparent Home forever changed her life

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Turning plastic into fuel: Photos of Gaza's youth surviving with makeshift burners

South of Gaza City, along the Sea Road that runs beside the Mediterranean, Palestinian youth are producing fuel by melting plastic in makeshift burners. With limited access to commercial fuel, they collect plastic waste, process it in metal drums to extract crude fuel, and then bottle and sell it to passersby.

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