‘Why Our Families Can’t Afford America’ / Singer Frank Newsome

‘Why Our Families Can’t Afford America’ / Singer Frank Newsome

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‘Squeezed’ author Alissa Quart argues that the costs of housing, child care, health care and college are outpacing salaries and threatening the livelihoods of middle class Americans. Also, Frank Newsome, a former coal miner who has black lung disease, started singing when he joined a church in 1963. His sings a cappella in a lined-out hymn style — one of America’s oldest music traditions. He talks to producer Sam Briger. Also, critic-at-large John Powers reviews the new Amazon miniseries ‘A Very English Scandal,’ starring Hugh Grant.