After Katrina, A Chance To Fight Urban Poverty
9 September 2005 - 8:00am
David Brooks argues that Hurricane Katrina has created an opportunity to address urban poverty.
Hurricane Katrina has given us an amazing chance to do something serious about urban poverty. [It has] given us a chance to rebuild a city that wasn't working...For New Orleans, the key will be luring middle-class families into the rebuilt city, making it so attractive to them that they will move in, even knowing that their blocks will include a certain number of poor people."
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Katrina's Silver Lining
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The New York Times, September 8, 2005
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