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"[The author] takes us into the poorest neighborhoods of Milwaukee to tell the story of eight families on the edge. Arleen is a single mother trying to raise her two sons on the 20 dollars a month she has left after paying for their rundown apartment. Scott is a gentle nurse consumed by a heroin addiction. Lamar, a man with no legs and a neighborhood full of boys to look after, tries to work his way out of debt. Vanetta participates in a botched stickup...

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Three post-college backpackers are in Amsterdam where they get locked out of their youth hostel. They are invited to stay at a guys house. He tells them of a hostel in eastern Europe where the women are all incredibly hot and have a taste for American men. When they get there everything is to good to be true, making this hostel a place "to die for."

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An investigation into the billions spent on housing the poor, and why so few get the help they need.