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Board members and other stakeholders raise signs reading, “We are no longer a food desert,” at the grand opening of Rise Community Market in Cairo, Illinois, in June 2023. (Photo by Julia Rendleman)

Government spends millions to open grocery stores in food deserts. The real test is their survival

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New report says nurses at Illinois facility forced patients to dig through their own feces

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Trump called Baltimore “vermin infested” while his government fails to clean up rodents

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HUD inspections pass dangerous apartments filled with rats, roaches and toxic mold

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Tammy Duckworth; Dick Durbin (Getty/Scott Olson/AP/Jose Luis Magana)

Senators seek answers from HUD about public housing crisis in east St. Louis

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Ben Carson declared mission accomplished in East St. Louis — where public housing is a disaster

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Dr. Ben Carson is sworn in as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (AP/Olivier Douliery)

HUD long neglected these residents — now as they move out, some feel HUD let them down again

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In small-town America, the public housing crisis nobody’s talking about

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