Karen and I met outside a subway stop near the Nike store in downtown Manhattan; she was on her way to a job doing hair and makeup for an off-Broadway show. Karen is a single mom with two kids; a…
Continue Reading...Rosemary wasn’t always homeless – there was a time when she was living ‘the American Dream’ – husband, two kids, a house, a car, a good job, and money in the bank. But then the bottom fell out – she…
Continue Reading...The sun was setting fast in the Bronx, and by the time Sonya and I settled down to talk at the local park I knew we wouldn’t get much video, but she had a few things to say that I…
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Posted: December 13, 2012 | Category: Blog New York Times editorialist Nicholas Kristof did a brave thing on Sunday when he posted his article “When Parents Have an Incentive for Their Kids to Fail …” . In the article he reported on Kentucky parents who take their… |