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News StoryGrowing number of suburban poor discover health care’s nowhere land
Elaine KorryCNN Money
January 31, 2018
The promise of cheaper housing brought Shari Castaneda to Palmdale, California, in northern Los Angeles County, about nine years ago.
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Hurricanes could bring another disaster: Foreclosures
Lydia DePillisCNN Money
November 10, 2017
As life slowly returns to normal in hurricane-ravaged parts of Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico, housing experts and consumer advocates worry another crisis is on the horizon: Foreclosures.
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Lawyers fear Trump may kill legal aid funding for the poor
Jeanne SahidiCNN Money
March 9, 2017
More than 150 law firms across the country sent a letter to White House budget director Mick Mulvaney on Thursday, urging him not to propose the elimination of federal funding for the Legal Services Corporation.
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Milwaukee’s staggering black-white economic divide
Tanzina VegaCNN Money
August 16, 2016
The ongoing protests and violence that have occurred over the past several days in Milwaukee are about more than the police killing of Sylville Smith.
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The steep cost of driving while black in California
Tanzina VegaCNN Money
April 11, 2016
Driving while black in California can be expensive, especially if you are poor.
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Working while brown: What discrimination looks like now
Tanzina VegaCNN Money
November 25, 2015
According to a CNN/Kaiser Family Foundation poll on race in America, 69% of blacks and 57% of Hispanics say past and present discrimination is a major reason for the problems facing people of their racial or ethnic group.
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Rents are soaring — and so are evictions
Les ChristieCNN Money
October 29, 2014
In cities across the United States, millions of people will be kicked out of their homes this year. Some can't afford their soaring rent, others are getting evicted over minor violations by landlords eager to get higher paying tenants in place.
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