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Evictions on the rise as renters struggle

by Adam Allington
Dec 12, 2016
A new study from real estate company Redfin shows three million families are evicted annually.
Cinderblocks wall off the door and windows of a burned and abandoned rowhouse across the street from First Mt Calvary Baptist Church, in the Winchester-Sandtown neighborhood June 15, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. 
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Median incomes are up, but is the economy improving?

by Kimberly Adams
Sep 14, 2016
The latest numbers from the Census Bureau show fewer Americans are living in poverty.
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The cost of criminalizing disability

by Lewis Wallace
Sep 7, 2016
Who pays the price for a lack of community-based services?
An artist's portrayal of Kevin Matthews a mentally disabled man that was shot by police in Dearborn, Michigan.
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The high cost of constructing affordable housing

by Molly Wood
Aug 19, 2016
Developers don't make money on them, so they aren't getting built.
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Facing job discrimination without legal protection

by Lewis Wallace
Jul 29, 2016
LGBTQ people, especially trans people of color, are more likely to be poor.
A makeshift memorial for the victims of the Pulse Nightclub shooting is left at the Dr. Phillips Center for Performing Arts on June 15, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. The shooting at Pulse Nightclub, which killed 49 people and injured 53, is the worst mass-shooting event in American history. 
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When you can't make bail

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jul 27, 2016
For some people, posting even small bonds can be a huge burden.
A man walks by a bail bonds shop in Reading, Pennsylvania.
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The Edelmans: 50 years of fighting for equality

by Kai Ryssdal and Tommy Andres
Jul 21, 2016
The couple who met on Kennedy's Delta tour and have carried on his torch for change.
 Marian Wright Edelman (foreground, right) escorts Robert Kennedy (center with back to camera) on his historic tour of the Mississippi Delta.
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The other Cleveland: Crossing the divide

by Kai Ryssdal and Tommy Andres
Jul 18, 2016
The Mississippi Delta has the lowest economic mobility of anywhere in the developed world.
Hey Joe’s restaurant, bar, and music venue is a favorite among local Delta State University students. This eatery is one of the newer businesses to occupy downtown Cleveland, Mississippi.
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Far from convention lights, life in Cleveland, Mississippi

by Kai Ryssdal and Tommy Andres
Jul 15, 2016
A divided city in a divided state in a still-divided country.
A house sits neglected in East Cleveland, Mississippi, the predominantly African-American side of town.
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Getting enough food is still a problem for many Americans

by Annie Baxter
Apr 28, 2016
A new report points to a persistent problem of food insecurity.
Food insecurity rates across counties reached 14.7 percent in 2014.
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