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NPR Story
1:00 pm
Tue March 13, 2012
Homeless Hotspots: Exploitation Or Innovation?
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An advertising agency sparked controversy at the South by Southwest technology conference when it hired homeless people in Austin to act as "Homeless Hotspots." Critics charge that it exploits the homeless. But Megan Garber, a staff writer for The Atlantic, sees some good in the project.