When I first moved here, the Colombian concept of Strata was one of the most difficult things for me to get my head around.
Tag: Economic inequality
“The two Brazils:” How World Cup preparations highlight economic disparities
With soccer’s World Cup just a few months away—this time in Brazil—the story behind the story is beginning to emerge. The sports story will,
Invisible and hurting
Many of my friends have been incredibly generous with donations of food, money, toiletries and blankets to the St. Louis Homeless Winter Outreach volunteers.
Socio-political messages from an unlikely place: “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues”
I’ve just spent two hours I’ll never get back watching “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues.” We had intended to go to a showing of
The White Tiger: fiction from India, cautionary tale for US
The White Tiger, the novel by Aravind Adiga which won the Man Booker Prize in 2008, has been described as black comedy and a
The Civil War, the NFL, the haves and the have-nots
A recent article in the Washington Post pointed out a “myth” about the Civil War that relates to why middle and low income people