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Unable to Afford Decent Housing? Welcome to the Club

Ijeoma Oluo The Guardian
Low-income people have been dealing with the U.S. housing crisis for decades; now the problem is working its way up the income ladder. Many who thought themselves comfortably ensconced in the so-called middle class are now confronting the prohibitive cost of housing. Decent housing is out of the reach of so many. And we need comprehensive housing reform, real living wages, and a reinvestment in the social safety net because it has been a crisis for so very long.

Friday Nite Videos | June 16, 2017

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How Does Money Laundering Work? Woody Guthrie -- I Ain't Got No Home/Old Man Trump. What's in the GOP's Mysterious Health Care Bill? Lynching in America: “Uprooted” Trailer. Australian Prime Minister Does Donald Trump Impression.

Lynching in America: “Uprooted” Trailer

When their grandmother died, Luz Myles, Phoebe Dedman, and Shirah Dedman found a box of old articles revealing a shocking story at the center of their family tree: their grandfather was lynched in Louisiana in 1912.

Mueller Is Following the Money

Mark Sumner Daily Kos
There is an increasing sense of desperation in the White House, which is related directly to the fact that Mueller is looking into things that start with a dollar sign.