In the News: Sires, Newark outreach, Counting the Homeless,
Life on the Street, Dcade of Neglect, Budget 101, and
How the Crash Will Reshape America
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell praised for personal touch, municipal rootswas the headline on a column by Bob Braun in the Star-Ledger. The column provides a fascinating profile of Congressman Pascrell who made the honor roll in the 2008 Congressional Report Card.
Man feeds Newark homeless and offers message of peacewas the subject of a column by Bob Braun in the Star-Ledger. The Rev. Clement Krug of St. James Parish in Newark walks helps the homeless in Newark.
Head Count by Jeffrey Toobin in The New Yorker provides a first person account of the seventh annual Homeless Outreach Population Estimate – to count the number of homeless people on the street.
Life On The Streets: Miracle’s Story on NPR’s Day to Day profiles Miracle Draven, 21 years old, is a crystal meth abuser who has lived on the streets of Portland, Ore. for the past four years.
Decade of Neglect has Weakened Federal Low-income Housing Programs: New Resources Required to Meet Growing Needs by Douglas Rice and Barbara Sard, of the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, provides an overview of how a funding squeeze and various actions taken by Congress and the Bush Administration have weakened these programs considerably, just when the need is rising. This report documents that growing need, explains how federal housing programs help address it, shows how recent funding shortfalls and policy changes have hurt these programs, and outlines a series of steps to make housing more affordable for low-income families.
Examining the Budget Proposal is a pod cast of Robert Greenstein of the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, and other analysts discuss priorities in the budget, as well as specific initiatives in major areas such as health care, taxes, and climate change. They also examine the budget’s implications for the federal deficit and debt and fiscal responsibility, and evaluate whether the budget’s numbers are honest or rely on gimmicks.
How the Crash Will Reshape America by Richard Florida in the March 2009 Atlantic raises questions about the impact of the current recession. The crash of 2008 continues to reverberate loudly nationwide – destroying jobs, bankrupting businesses, and displacing homeowners. But already, it has damaged some places much more severely than others. On the other side of the crisis, America’s economic landscape will look very different than it does today. What fate will the coming years hold for New York, Charlotte, Detroit, Las Vegas? Will the suburbs be ineffably changed? Which cities and regions can come back strong? And which will never come back at all?
