10-22-16 Highlights

Hospitality in Action

Inspiring article; just look at that title.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/18/opinion/the-power-of-a-dinner-table.html?_r=1

The Poverty Tour

Saw this one on a link from nephew Justin. Looks like the start of an On the Media series, with some  descriptions of life in Appalachian SE Ohio. Here's the man "in charge of welfare programs" in Athens on his experience after Peter Jennings covered the area's poverty in 1991:

"'People are less sympathetic. They’re harsher now. I mean, you know, you, you will see folks now, you know, begin to also rail against welfare, even though there’s hardly anyone left on welfare. In Ohio, 75% of the cash assistance welfare cases are child-only cases. There are only 15,000 adults left on cash assistance in Ohio. You know, we have eliminated cash assistance. You know, we don't have these kids living in orphanages. We have them living with Grandma instead because the families have fallen apart, and we no longer support families that stay together.'"

http://www.wnyc.org/story/poverty-tour/

Photo Comparisons of Rich and Poor

This site reminds me of the books I have comparing home contents and foods in homes around the world:

https://www.gapminder.org/dollar-street/matrix


Halloween, rich and poor

Sad but real stats on income equality played out in trick or treat patterns.

https://mic.com/articles/157953/the-real-reason-why-poorer-children-go-to-richer-neighborhoods-for-trick-or-treating?utm_source=SFFB#.OtGz6s8lp

Smashing Stereotypes--3 TVs and No Food in the Fridge

Nicholas Kristoff has again done a great job of getting behind stereotypes we all may hold about the "moral failings" of the poor.
 
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/opinion/sunday/3-tvs-and-no-food-growing-up-poor-in-america.html?rref=collection%2Fcolumn%2Fnicholas-kristof&action=click&contentCollection=opinion&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection&_r=0


Child Care Costs and Their Impact on Budgets


http://www.npr.org/2016/10/22/498590650/u-s-parents-are-sweating-and-hustling-to-pay-for-child-care?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2048

The "Growth Ponzi Scheme"

This is a reminder that our suburban pattern is really an "experiment," in place barely a century. How will this sprawling way of building stand the real test of time? Very worth reading as we consider how to address ongoing growth in our own area as well as across the country.

http://www.strongtowns.org/the-growth-ponzi-scheme/

and the effects of cronyism on local governments:

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/9/23/how-local-cronyism-hurts-americas-cities