Gentrification Is Not About Race and Class, but Fear of Outsiders
More than anything else, gentrification is about the tension between the mobile and the stuck.
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Poverty
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The Rise of the Suburban Poor
Suburban poverty is growing—and fast—but the majority of federal antipoverty resources are earmarked for densely populated urban areas.
Displacing Poverty
Our metrics of urban neighborhood health fail to capture individual success stories, which is why we see South Central Los Angeles, which has a history of successfully encouraging social mobility, as a place with persistent poverty.
Supervised Drug Injection Clinic in Vancouver Finds Success
A counterintuitive approach to addiction in “Canada’s poorest postal code.”
Does Obama’s Ambitious Universal Pre-K Program Stand a Chance?
The long-term benefits of pre-k education are well established, but an opportunity to invest in it for every child in America is caught up in political stalemate.
People Develop, Not Places
Measuring the development of patches of Earth seems ridiculous. But that's exactly what we do. How might things differ if we measured income per natural instead of income per resident?
Is California About to Embark on a Gigantic New Experiment in Public Education?
Jerry Brown’s education plan asks, “Why not just give poor schools more state money—and authority over how to spend it?” His idea mirrors some of the most promising new theories of global development.
Are Babies Healthier in North Korea or Northeast Ohio?
Depending on the neighborhood, maybe North Korea.
Latin America is Increasingly Middle Class
A few hours ago, the UN’s Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) issued the encouraging…
Things We Know That Aren’t True, Poverty and Terrorism Edition
You might think that poverty breeds terrorism. It’s a fairly intuitive view, and it has been trumpeted by…