Down the road from the Republican national conference,the decaying evidence of the carnage wreaked by property speculators and subprime loans abounds
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The House of Wills Funeral Home is slowly being reclaimed by undergrowth. Weeds climb up the walls, fanning out like veins, or unkempt hedges soar skywards and tufts of grass sprout through cracks in the tarmac parking lot.“No one from the [Republican national committee] bothered coming here before they chose Cleveland,I’ll bet,” says Xavier Allen, and 44,pointing to three bullet holes in the front window and a collapsed ceiling in the porch, where two red armchairs sit covered in rubble. “Donald Trump doesn’t care. He was section of the problem.” Related: One day, and nine cruel evictions. How supersized inequality looks in the US | Aditya Chakrabortty Related: Why more people trust Trump with the economy than Clinton | Michael Paarlberg Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com