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Award-winning researcher finds evictions fuel poverty in U.S.

Posted on October 23, 2017 by

By Rachel Schmidt America is the richest democracy with the worst poverty and one in four Americans spend 70 percent of their income on housing, said an urban sociologist and 2017 Pulitzer Prize winner who is working to end poverty. … Continue reading →

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Rick Steves, A European Take on America’s War on Marijuana

Posted on November 28, 2016 by

By being informal and animated, Steves was able to easily relate to the crowd With many European countries legalizing marijuana, Rick Steves, travel writer, says the U.S. should follow suit. “I’m not trying to promote drug use,” Steves said. “I’m trying … Continue reading →

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