Recently I've started watching Soft White Underbelly on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/@SoftWhiteUnderbelly/featured
Mark Laita interviews various members of the underclass to include prostitutes, vagrants, drug addicts, drug dealers, gang members, sex offenders, homeless, crooked cops, enforcers, and so on. Many of his subjects are on Skid Row in LA, although he also travels around the USA to various locations. All stories are raw, many are tragic, some are also redemptive and hopeful. As someone who grew up in a comfortable and supportive middle class lifestyle, I think it's useful to hear the perspectives of those who were not that fortunate. It forces one to reckon with the totality of the human experience, rather than just what one sees in their socioeconomic circle.
I've only watched a handful of the interviews, but I'll link to two that I found humbling:
-Jerry, who survived a shotgun blast to the face:
https://youtu.be/9bGjcHWhmFI
-Johnny, a former gang member who was able to turn his life around:
https://youtu.be/z1QNZV7K5P4
Note that most videos are not stories of redemption. He interviews many people who have and continue to experience immense hardship and tragedy. I find the interviews with child prostitutes to be particularly difficult to watch, however I think it is also valuable to give a voice to members of the underclass. Many Americans are horrified of the conditions that the poor endure in the developing world, yet they would probably be shocked to know their own countrymen are enduring such hardships within a few miles.