Scrutinizes the poverty of Lake Providence, Louisiana, which with two almost equally destitute communities in Mississippi and Arkansas, wants to be declared a federal 'empowerment zone.' The $100 million in tax breaks and grants they could receive; Speculation on whether the money could change the...
BEREA UNIVERSITY in rural Kentucky is one of the wealthiest colleges in America but it only accepts the poorest applicants. The dropout rate is negligible and its students go out into the world debt-free, unlike the majority of those who emerge every year from America's universities, proudly ...
The high consumption of America’s “poor” doesn’t mean they live better than average people in the nations they outpace, like Spain, Denmark, Japan, Greece, and New Zealand. This is because people’s quality of life also depends on their communities and personal choices, like the local ...
According to Forbes, Jim Walton is the 11th wealthiest person in America, and is one of many heirs to the Walmart fortune that was amassed by his father, Sam Walton. Jim Walton lives in Bentonville—home to the Walmart world headquarters—and runs the family's Arvest Bank, which has asse...
A lack of funding to complete basic repairs, fix stalled elevators, run air conditioners and pay for the electric bill to keep food refrigerated would all be significant hurdles for low-income tenants to overcome in such a situation. Kelly added that low-income communities are often close to ...
Like many other communities in California's Central Valley, Fresno is dependent on agriculture sector jobs and low-paying farm work. "It's a pretty ag-heavy region, so the inequality of wages and the opportunity to earn better wages is really skewed," Caroline Farrell, executive director of ...
The variation between rural and urban areas in SSA—and between SSA and the United States of America—reveals a negative relationship, and potentially, a trade-off between accumulation and consumption insurance. Access through your organization Check access to the full text by signing in through ...
Over 20 years of scholarship suggests that living in America's poorest and most dangerous communities diminishes the life course development of children an... P Rosenblatt,S Deluca - 《City & Community》 被引量: 50发表: 2012年 The health status of HOPE VI public housing residents The purpose...
summertimeprogramservejust a tenth of the children who participate in the school lunch program. Unless Congress acts to provide emergency funds to cover the cost of feeding students whose schools have closed—and fast—it will be up to local communities and their food banks to fill the ...
these same cities also led the way in clearing public housing itself. Vale's groundbreaking history of these "e;twice-cleared"e; communities provides unprecedented detail about the development, decline, and redevelopment of two of America's most famous housing projects: Chicago's Cabrini-Green and...