Tag: working-class
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Wednesday Wisdom: The New American Housing Reality
There’s a conversation happening quietly across the internet right now, and it’s not about dream homes or HGTV renovations. It’s about survival. Lately, I’ve been watching videos where people explain how they are living in hotels instead of apartments. Some rotate hotels every 28 days to avoid residency laws. Others stay in extended-stay suites because…
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Made in America (Once Upon a Time): A Youngstown Kid’s Take on Trade Wars and Steel Town Ghosts
I was raised on the clang of steel and the scent of molten metal—before that scent was replaced by silence. My dad worked at one of the mills in Youngstown, Ohio. A man of grit and calloused hands who wore his hard hat like a crown. We didn’t have much, but we had pride—because what…
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