The Natural Deficiency Era
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Last published Wed, Dec 2, 2015
Tess Walker heard that there's oil in Alaska. And where there's oil, there are jobs. At least that's what she believes. So she's left her home in Arkansas and is making her way north. But now that the world has slid into what politicians are calling "The Natural Deficiency Era," things aren't always as they seem.
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