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Who says Cleveland needs saving?

By Jamil Smith, Melissa Harris-Perry

LeBron James' return to Cleveland spotlights the city's rebound, and speaks to fellow Northeast Ohio expatriates like "MHP" producer Jamil Smith. Pivoting off the show's July 13 coverage, he writes about Cleveland's "brain drain," the temptation to return home himself to help "fix" things, and the dangers of the savior complex.

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Rachel Maddow

Jobless aid advances despite GOP obstruction

Democratic Senator from Rhode Island Jack Reed heads to the Senate floor for a cloture vote on the extension of unemployment insurance, Jan. 6, 2014.

Only the first step for unemployment bill

Dems push for jobless benefits — PoliticsNation

Dems push for jobless benefits

U.S. President Barack Obama leaves the briefing room of the White House in Washington on Oct. 16, 2013.

Obama prepares to hit reset

Reed: Unemployed Americans want to work — Andrea Mitchell

Reed: Unemployed Americans want to work

Why the long-term unemployed are at risk — Andrea Mitchell

Why the long-term unemployed are at risk

People wait in line to meet with recruiters during a job fair in Melville, New York July 19, 2012. — Rachel Maddow

Showdown looms on unemployment benefits

Putting Americans back to work — Thomas Roberts

Putting Americans back to work

Phyllis Kennedy, who has been unemployed for over a year, at her home in Little Falls, New Jersey. — All In

When the unemployed stop caring

Job seekers speak to representatives of employers at a job fair at the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan on March 6, 2013 in New York, N.Y. — Melissa Harris-Perry

Unemployment aid on deck

Rachel Maddow

Adding insult to the jobless' injury

This jobless woman has one word for Congress — msnbc Live

This jobless woman has one word for Congress

Renewed fight for unemployment benefits — msnbc Live

Renewed fight for unemployment benefits

An out of work couple eats lunch at the Central Park United Methodist Church which has a soup kitchen and food pantry on October 20, 2011 in Reading, Pennsylvania. — Rachel Maddow

Another self-inflicted wound

A short-term unemployment benefits extension? — Daily Rundown

A short-term unemployment benefits extension?

Fast Food Workers Organize Nat'l Walkout Over Low Wages — Melissa Harris-Perry

Can you defend not raising the minimum wage?

Job seekers attend the Choice Career Fair in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Nov. 7, 2013.

Poll: Extend unemployment benefits?

Potential job seekers speak with employers at a job fair in New York, New York, November 20, 2013.. — Rachel Maddow

Senate eyes 3-month extension for jobless

Occupy Seattle protesters cut up bank cards in from of a Chase bank in downtown Seattle, October 15, 2011.

Business Latest: Haunted by your credit score

en. Rand Paul (R-KY) speaks with the news media after delivering a speech titled, "Renewing the Opportunity for Prosperity: Economic Freedom Zones" at the Detroit Economic Club December 6, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan. — Rachel Maddow

Paul: jobless aid 'weakens' U.S.

Rachel Maddow

A lump of coal for the unemployed

Budget plan - no cause for celebration? — Morning Joe

Budget plan - no cause for celebration?

Dems fight to extend unemployment benefits — Morning Joe

Dems fight to extend unemployment benefits

A cashier counts out money at Macy's Herald Square on Thanksgiving Day in New York, Nov. 28, 2013.

What the economy needs in 2014

A child watches as his mother at the West Side Campaign Against Hunger food pantry as she shops for food on July 24, 2013 in New York, N.Y. — Disrupt

Rolling Over the Kid Cliff

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke takes his seat for a news conference at the Federal Reserve Bank headquarters in Washington, Dec. 18, 2013. — All In

Fed rolling back stimulus

Feinstein: NSA program keeps us safe — Andrea Mitchell

Feinstein: NSA program keeps us safe

U.S. Air Force veteran Brittany Scott waits to talk to corporate recruiters at a job fair targeting unemployed military veterans in Washington, on June 11, 2013. — All In

No unemployment benefits, no Farm Bill

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