Netflix's 'Night Always Comes' Understands What It Means to Be Poor

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I’ve written at length about this topic , but the thing about being poor is that bad luck follows you around like a stalker. You get fired from your job because your crappy car breaks down, because you can’t afford a better one, because you keep losing jobs when your car breaks down. If your insurance lapses because you can’t afford it, you’ll almost certainly get into an accident the next day. And if you somehow hustle and scrimp and save enough for a small nest egg to move into a better place, an unexpected medical bill will invariably wipe it out.

The deck isn’t just stacked against poor people — it actively works against them. Need a new bed for your kid? That means a payday loan with

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