Tag: Poverty
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Americans have been hit by high inflation and are worried about their jobs. Will they show up at stores on Black Friday? While richer Americans have strong finances, the working class is struggling. We’re seeing it everywhere from food lines to loan defaults. Inside the Other America “I’ve never seen…
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If you have health insurance in the United States, you can usually get a flu vaccine for nothing. But for the 28.9 million Americans who are uninsured, a flu vaccine can cost up to $50. For a population that is often hard pressed, this can be unaffordable. And if you…
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As many in Texas enter a fifth day without power in freezing temperatures, I searched for information on how such a disaster could’ve happened. I came upon some excellent perspective from Professor Daniel Cohan at Rice University: See the entire Twitter thread here. Very much worth reading. Not preparing the…
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There is a huge increase in homelessness in Brazil, per Der Spiegel. Many have lost jobs due to the COVID pandemic, leading to a second humanitarian crisis, this one economic. I found this quote from a factory worker who recently lost his job particularly striking: “I never thought I would…
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A couple of months ago, a man approached me on the street near my home. He asked for a bit of money, and although I usually never do, for some reason I gave it to him. I later saw him on a regular basis near the neighborhood grocery. I found…
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+ Brain Injuries, Head Injuries, Health care, Housing, Medicine, Mental health, Poverty, Research, Substance abuse, TBI+
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I recently subscribed to a newsletter from the journalist Matthew Yglesias that has turned out be outstanding. A message I received this morning really struck me. Yglesias argues that the best thing we can do for the poor, given that housing is their biggest expense, is to build housing like…
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+ Affordable housing, Construction, Development, Gentrification, Housing, Policy, Poverty, Real estate, Rent, YIMBY, Zoning+
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Tremendous 