San Pedro Sula Even as Covid recedes, there are other epidemics still raging, and the response is racially biased. That’s the takeaway from a devastating article in Scientific American, appropriately entitled “Overdose Inequality.” Let’s start with one-million opioid deaths in the last 30 years. Then let’s move to the fact that in the last …
Category: Disparities
When The Government Wants You to Get, They Make it Easy
Little Rock It’s hard not to observe some simple facts of life about being a citizen in this great country. One that has become strikingly obvious has to do with access to government benefits. When the government really wants you to access a benefit, it turns out that they actually know how to do …
Remembering Interest Rates
Little Rock There’s no question the wringing of hands and banging of heads about inflation is the real deal. Sudden spikes in prices of food, gas, and utilities hurts low-and-moderate income families severely. Make no mistake, I’m not voting for inflation, but at the same time, it’s hard not to put some things in …