I just received a note from a U.S. expatriate living in France, asking me to confirm whether or not what he’d heard today on the BBC about a homeless encampment on the outskirts of Ann Arbor was indeed true… Sadly, I had to tell him that Camp Take Notice was in fact real. Here’s a […]
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Ann Arbor’s Camp Take Notice getting the attention in Europe than it deserves the U.S.
Posted in Ann Arbor, Michigan Also tagged Alana Gehringer, BBC, black mould, Brian Calley, Brian Durance, Bush tax cuts, Camp Take Notice, homeless encampments, homelessness, hunger in America, rats, Reagan M. Sova 13 Comments
Modern day Hoovervilles
I wanted to do a huge, comprehensive post on the tent cities which are cropping up all across America, as more and more people find themselves out of work and unable to afford traditional housing now that our economy has fallen off the proverbial cliff. To be quite honest, however, I’m not up to the […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Economics Also tagged Great Depression, Hooterville, Hoovervilles, jobs, My Man Godfrey, New York Times, Paul Krugman, unemployment, William Powell 17 Comments