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Covers:  immigration, global health, global development, asia, culture, globalization, conflict, china
maker, reporter, CEO and editor-in-chief @cvilletomorrow. board chair @womendonews. I delete old tweets.

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Angilee Shah is a journalist with Public Radio International in digital and social media on the topics of global health and immigration. She is the co-editor of Chinese Characters (UC Press, 2012) and consulting editor to the Journal of Asian Studies. She has spent most of her career writing about politics and culture, particularly as they collide with Asia, and blogs at angileeshah.com.

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Your neighbors shared their visions for the future — and then got to work to make it happen

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By Angilee Shah Verified
| Charlottesville Tomorrow Verified
When we launched the Next 20 series, we hoped that asking people to imagine the future would help them create it, and inspire others to dream. For many of the contributors, that’s exactly what happened. Enid Krieger retired to central Virginia in 1999. She spent many hours on nonprofit boards and committees, drawing on her decades of experience in health care. But it wasn’t until contributing to Next 20 that she considered herself a writer, comfortable enough to share her ideas broadly.
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In Albemarle County, Park’s Edge residents endure stinking floods, rat infestations, fire hazards — and a frequently unresponsive landlord

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By Erin O'Hare Verified, Angilee Shah Verified
| Charlottesville Tomorrow Verified
Residents of Park’s Edge, an apartment complex in Albemarle County, have experienced poor and at times hazardous conditions in their homes for years. Tenants have struggled to get their landlords to fix the problems, even with help from pro bono attorneys. Often a tenant’s only option is to move out. But every Park’s Edge resident we spoke with said they can’t afford to. Are you a renter who needs help?
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No way out: How Virginia law fails vulnerable renters

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By Erin O'Hare Verified, Angilee Shah Verified
| Charlottesville Tomorrow Verified
Lanika Hester had just fallen asleep when a chilling scream woke her. She leapt out of bed and bolted into the next room, where she found her daughter, Elesia Cooper, doubled over in pain. “I’m fine Mom, I’m fine,” Cooper cried, tears streaming down her face. Hester knew her daughter wasn’t fine. She’d lost count of the number of times the 18-year-old had woken up in their Albemarle County apartment this way in spring 2023, and the number of times they’d gone to the emergency room.
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