At seventy, Padura is a voice of a generation that endured a long war in Angola and the privations that followed the Soviet collapse.
—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
Since 2022, Russia repeatedly urged China to act quickly to save its economy from inevitable privations stemming from the collapse of its Western market.
Perhaps, partially, though not because of any physical deprivations.
—
Jane Ciabattari
August 19,
Literary Hub,
19 Aug. 2025
There are 29 states with child welfare systems with pending class actions or consent decrees because of systemic deprivations of children’s most basic rights –the right to be safe from harm in these child protection systems.
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