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Home is the center of life. It's the wellspring of personhood. It's where we say we're ourselves.
Matthew Desmond
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American greatness can be further unlocked if opportunity is expanded to all people within its borders.
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Why young men from the country become firefighters is hard to explain to people who are not from the country. For most of us, it's not about the rush, which fades with time, or the paycheck. We could earn more working for the railroad or a car dealership. I figure it's about the land.
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A fire in a forest is alive with terror and power.
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The face of America's eviction epidemic is a mom with kids.
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Eviction is fundamentally changing the face of poverty.
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Trying to learn from communities and engage with policy makers and community organizers all across the country is really important to me.
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If we care about family stability, if we care about community stability, then we need fewer evictions.
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The church should lead on issues of housing and affordability.
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I felt that writing about peoples' lives was a heck of a responsibility, and I wanted to know them in a deep way.
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I see myself working in the tradition of sociology and journalism that tries to bear witness to poverty.
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Most Americans think that the typical low - income family lives in public housing or gets housing assistance. The opposite is true.
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