Trump and Harris Embody a Stark Partisan Divide on Fighting Poverty
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Trump and Harris Embody a Stark Partisan Divide on Fighting Poverty

The two presidential candidates can both point to records of pushing poverty rates down, but their approaches could hardly be more different.
What Kalamazoo (Yes, Kalamazoo) Reveals About the Nation’s Housing Crisis
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What Kalamazoo (Yes, Kalamazoo) Reveals About the Nation’s Housing Crisis

A decade ago, the city — and all of Michigan — had too many houses. Now it has a shortage. The shift there explains today’s costly housing market in the rest of the country.
Opportunity Zones, Lauded by Trump, Don’t Always Help Poor
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Opportunity Zones, Lauded by Trump, Don’t Always Help Poor

A tax incentive, with bipartisan roots, aims to foster development in poor areas. It has fueled building, but it hasn’t always aided local residents.