Jacob Stokes

Jacob Stokes graduated summa cum laude in May from the University of Missouri with degrees in magazine journalism and political science. He has written for BusinessWeek and Inc. magazines. While at Missouri, he was the opinion page editor of MU’s independent student newspaper, The Maneater, and the editor of the paper’s arts and entertainment magazine, MOVE. He has also interned with Freedom House in New York. Jacob is currently a speechwriting intern at the Center for American Progress in Washington, DC.

Battered But Never Broken Battered But Never Broken

After fifteen years as a production manager, one man is now forced to haul trash out of abandoned public housing. Instead of panicking, he is turning the crisis into an opportunity...

Nov 5, 2009 / Feature / Jacob Stokes

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