New Orleans We told you so, and we’ve been telling the same story for more than 50 years: community organizations stabilize and improve neighborhoods. It seems almost ridiculous to have to state the claim. Seems like this should be common knowledge by now, but here it is, we’re saying it this time because in …
The Weird Psychology of Feeling Poor Affects Attitudes on Inequality
New Orleans In recent years close readers of Elizabeth Kolbert could count on her to keep us up to date on the rising temperature outside that has made climate change and the destruction of global species a global issue. In the New Yorker recently she started looking “inside” about how people feel about relative wealth …
Paperwork and Bureaucracy as a Weapon Against the Poor
New Orleans Conservatives always complain about bureaucrats and the vast governmental bureaucracy. It is painful to realize how paperwork and bureaucracy are used as not-so-secret weapons to deny mandated benefits designed to help families and children from eligible, fully qualified families. Success is defined by the ability to put barriers in the way of families …