Broke Revisited

I could’ve linked to this, but I figured I’d save you some time. This article gets at what I’ve been talking about recently and offers some concrete evidence for the tangible impact of poverty. It comes to the rather encouraging conclusion that early childhood intervention can often right the course. Source: Discovery News (http://news.discovery.com/human/poverty-children-income-adults.html)                                                +++ Poverty During [...]

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Apples and Oranges

I am still processing and absorbing what it was exactly that I was thinking and feeling yesterday, when I wrote my last post. To give some context, I had spent the afternoon canvassing in the heart of West Baltimore (the Wire country) and came home feeling rather reflective. I live in the hinterlands of gentrified [...]

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Broke

Broke smells like emissions from industrial parks down the road. Broke tastes like the difference between juice and juice “drink.” Broke is far more likely to be mentally retarded from drinking water from the faucet. Broke isn’t as pretty and broke doesn’t live as long. Broke’s diet is corn syrup, in various forms. Broke has [...]

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