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Bernard Omondi got $1,000 from GiveDirectly. Jacob Goldstein/NPR hide caption
The red part of the bars shows patent lawsuits brought by patent assertion Entities (PAEs, also known as "patent trolls"). Colleen Chien/Patent Assertion And U.S. Innovation hide caption
This napkin drawing shows a map of Honduras. The dot is where a brand new city would be built, free of the country's ills. Jacob Goldstein/NPR hide caption
Rhode Island financial planner and lawyer Joseph Caramadre pleaded guilty to identity theft and wire fraud. Matthew Healey/for ProPublica hide caption