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Don’t Feed the Birds, Animals — or People?
by Nancy Hilliard, M.Ed When I learned about the latest indignity aimed at people living in persistent poverty, I had to ask myself, How did we dehumanize people living in poverty so thoroughly? According to the National Coalition for the Homeless, well over 30 municipalities have restricted or banned sharing food with homeless people across […]
The Intersection Between Class and Race
Too many events of the past several months remind of us how insidiously classism intertwines with racism. In the recent piece “Class Prejudice Resurgent” by David Brooks, he writes, “During the civil-rights era there was always a debate about what was a civil-rights issue and what was an economic or social issue. Now that distinction […]