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Some of the shanties’ themes had presciently focused on the warming planet.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2024

When protesters immediately staged a sit-in in his office, McLaughlin waffled on the issue, saying the shanties' "presence should be respected," then further angered his critics by asking that the shacks be removed.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the foot of the shanties' black line rises the cotton mill.

From The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls by Vorst, Marie Van