By Elisa Crouch, St. Louis Post-Dispatch ST. LOUIS • When they founded the school, organizers of City Garden Montessori had the goal of improving educational opportunity in a neighborhood where the only public schools were struggling. … [Read more...] about Taking Housing, Education Equity Beyond the School Doors (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
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21 People, Moments and Ideas that Defined Milwaukee: Part 3 (On Milwaukee)
On Milwaukee Also known as the Bay View Tragedy, the Bay View Massacre started on May 1, 1886, when 7,000 building-trades workers joined with 5,000 Polish laborers to go on strike against their employers in demand of an eight-hour work day. Within two days, 14,000 workers had joined forces in solidarity, gathering at the Milwaukee Iron Company rolling mill in Bay View … [Read more...] about 21 People, Moments and Ideas that Defined Milwaukee: Part 3 (On Milwaukee)
Why Flint’s Children Can’t Leave the City that Poisoned Them (Washington Post)
By Emily Badger, Washington Post On a map of American disadvantage, Genesee County, Mich., stands out as a troubling outlier for the Midwest and even the entire nation. … [Read more...] about Why Flint’s Children Can’t Leave the City that Poisoned Them (Washington Post)
The Section 8 Voucher Trap (New Republic)
By E. Tammy Kim, New Republic Yonkers, just north of New York City, can be a noisy place. Kendra Rose grew up here—on Ashburton Avenue, which divides the city’s hard-up south from its middle-class north, and then on Beech. Those who know the area know to avoid roads like Beech, Elm, Poplar, Willow and Linden, the notorious “tree streets.” … [Read more...] about The Section 8 Voucher Trap (New Republic)
Tickets Out of Poverty? (American Prospect Februrary 2016)
By Jake Blumgart, American Prospect February 8, 2016 Housing voucher recipients can move to better neighborhoods only if states and localities break down suburban barriers. For Lorraine Washington, a housing choice voucher, colloquially known as Section 8, represents escape and opportunity. Before her recent move enabled by the subsidy, she lived in the Blumberg … [Read more...] about Tickets Out of Poverty? (American Prospect Februrary 2016)