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Jeff Danziger

GoComics

December 30, 2025

https://www.gocomics.com/jeffdanziger/2025/12/30

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Clay Bennett

GoComics

November 25, 2025

https://www.gocomics.com/claybennett/2025/11/25

The affordability crisis

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Clay Bennett

GoComics

November 11, 2025

https://www.gocomics.com/claybennett/2025/11/11

Albany, Georgia

In a Town Dominated by One Hospital,

the Uninsured Turn to This Free Clinic

ProPublica    19 December 2025

In a Town Dominated by One Hospital,

the Uninsured Turn to This Free Clinic | Albany, Georgia

video    ProPublica    19 December 2025

The Samaritan Clinic is a small, free clinic

serving people without health insurance in Albany, Georgia.

It was created in 2008 to provide care

for people who couldn’t afford medical treatment.

More than 15 years later, the need has changed little.

Today,

Albany has one of the highest poverty rates in the state.

About 16% of residents are uninsured,

nearly double the national average.

And people here

pay some of the highest commercial health insurance rates

in the country.

Not far from the Samaritan Clinic is Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital,

Southwest Georgia’s largest hospital

— a nonprofit founded on the principle

that patients should be treated regardless of their ability to pay.

So why do some residents turn to a free clinic for care?

This short documentary is part of our five-part series

“Sick in a Hospital Town,”

about why people in Albany are so sick

when the city’s dominant institution is a hospital.

Read or listen to the full series: https://propublica.org/albany

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia9pWMK9fDQ&t=1s

Related

https://www.propublica.org/article/
samaritan-clinic-phoebe-hospital-albany-georgia - December 19, 2025

Key moments

from the Trump-Mamdani Oval Office news conference

Guardian    22 November 2025

Key moments from the Trump-Mamdani Oval Office news conference

Guardian News    video    22 November 2025

Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City,

and Donald Trump had a 'productive' meeting in the Oval Office.

The president repeatedly stepped in to defend Mamdani

from hostile questioning from outlets such as the New York Post and Fox News,

while Mamdani was relentlessly focused on the issue of making New York

a more fair and affordable place to live.

Here are some key moments

from their conversation with members of the press.

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bj1QKSMxwc

NPR podcasts > 2025

afford        USA

https://www.npr.org/2025/11/10/
nx-s1-5602078/how-to-afford-food-when-money-is-tight

affordable        USA

https://www.npr.org/2025/12/15/
nx-s1-5642653/can-american-cities-grow-and-stay-affordable

https://www.npr.org/2025/11/10/
g-s1-97223/health-care-callout

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/24/
nx-s1-5431522/housing-costs-affordable-housing-utah-zoning

unaffordable        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/
us/politics/middle-class-us-economy-affordability.html

https://www.npr.org/2025/11/13/
nx-s1-5535565/midwest-home-insurance-expensive-climate-hail-cop30

affordability        USA

2026

https://www.gocomics.com/jeffdanziger/2025/12/30

2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/
business/economy-unemployment-wages-affordability.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/
upshot/affordability-democrats-trump.html

https://www.gocomics.com/claybennett/2025/12/13

https://www.gocomics.com/lisabenson/2025/12/11

https://www.gocomics.com/claybennett/2025/11/25

https://www.npr.org/2025/11/21/
nx-s1-5615169/trump-mamdani-oval-office-communist-socialist

https://www.gocomics.com/claybennett/2025/11/16

https://www.npr.org/2025/11/14/
g-s1-97813/up-first-newsletter-
white-house-epstein-charlotte-federal-agents-trump-economy

https://www.gocomics.com/claybennett/2025/11/11

https://www.npr.org/2025/11/09/
nx-s1-5600960/what-the-push-for-affordability-reveals-
about-wealth-inequality

affordability crisis        USA

https://www.gocomics.com/lisabenson/2025/12/11

cost of living        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/19/
unheard-voices-of-the-uk-cost-of-living-crisis-
a-photo-essay - Guardian photo essay

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2022/aug/20/
cost-of-living-crisis-winter-is-coming-
cartoon - Guardian cartoon

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/may/26/
cost-of-living-
how-the-payments-affect-people-in-various-scenarios

USA > cost of living        UK

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/
jd-vance-tours-pennsylvania-make-economic-case-
amid-inflation-concerns-2025-12-16/

cost of living crisis        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/19/
unheard-voices-of-the-uk-cost-of-living-crisis-a-photo-essay

cost of living        USA

https://www.npr.org/2021/11/13/
1055315389/inflation-president-biden-groceries-gas-food-energy-prices

rising cost of living        USA

https://www.gocomics.com/viewsamerica/2022/10/26

rising costs        USA

https://www.npr.org/2025/11/27/
nx-s1-5619587/holiday-spending-cutbacks-snap-job-losses

surging cost of living

USA > high prices        UK

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/
trump-faces-same-reality-biden-americans-
despise-higher-prices-2025-11-22/

USA > rent        UK

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/
trump-meet-new-yorks-zohran-mamdani-clash-political-opposites-2025-11-21/

USA > groceries        UK

https://www.gocomics.com/jeffdanziger/2025/11/21

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/
trump-meet-new-yorks-zohran-mamdani-clash-political-opposites-2025-11-21/

USA > utilities        UK

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/
trump-meet-new-yorks-zohran-mamdani-
clash-political-opposites-2025-11-21/

scrimp        USA

https://www.npr.org/2025/11/27/
nx-s1-5619587/holiday-spending-cutbacks-snap-job-losses

make do with less        USA

https://www.npr.org/2025/11/27/
nx-s1-5619587/holiday-spending-cutbacks-snap-job-losses

stay above water        USA

https://www.npr.org/2025/11/27/
nx-s1-5619587/holiday-spending-cutbacks-snap-job-losses

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