Traditionally, poverty was thought of as a problem for the inner city. Places like Harlem, Detroit, and Newark are often presented by the media as the places where the poor are to be found.
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LONG ISLAND, N.Y. In the prologue to his book Evicted, Professor Matthew Desmond notes a line from Langston Hughes: “I wish the rent was heaven sent.” Today, some 60 years after his death, activists worldwide are yelling, “The rent is too damn high.
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