Video: The Homeless Tent City in Google and Facebook’s Backyard

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As the rich have become richer and the poor even poorer, the valley’s middle class has disappeared. Nowhere is inequality more obvious than Silicon Valley, where the homeless are building tent cities not far from Google and Facebook headquarters. Moyers & Company reports from the tent cities of San Jose: