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1 in 5 of the UK population live below the poverty line
4.2 million children and young people live in poverty, that’s 29%
London has the highest rate of child poverty of any English region
4.2 million children and young people live in poverty, that’s 29%
London has the highest rate of child poverty of any English region
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on three of the most pernicious lies I think we tell ourselves about democracy, civic life, and community in America:
• Lie 1: We can have solidarity without proximity.
• Lie 2: We can have civic renewal without economic renewal.
• Lie 3: We can have democracy without participation.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sampressler_the-lies-we-tell-ourselves-
... See moreHousing appreciation has increasingly been positioned as the substitute for a broader social safety net in the US. People are counseled to instrumentalize their homes as an asset to pay for their kids to go to college, for emergency medical care, for elder care for their parents.
She added that variation between regions in terms of children's outcomes amounted to a "postcode lottery" for those who became involved with the youth justice system.
Today's findings offer no simple solutions but paints a more complex picture than has been debated following the riots. However, it is one that we must grapple with in order to create a more positive experience of childhood."
Her report suggested that previous negative interactions and a deep-seated mistrust of the police had fuelled the actions of ... See more
Her report suggested that previous negative interactions and a deep-seated mistrust of the police had fuelled the actions of ... See more
When someone's daily struggle with instability is met with lectures about macroeconomic indicators, it doesn't change their reality, it only deepens their alienation from institutional expertise.
But people don't experience the economy through employment numbers or percentage point shifts in GDP. And when they are asked by pollsters about the state of the economy, they aren't reflecting on government statistics; they aren't even necessarily thinking about the present. Instead, what they’re doing is more like taking an inventory of economic ... See more
this was probably amongst the biggest challenges to helping US neighborhoods come together: most people don’t have good reasons to meet their neighbors.