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...doing. "They do not want poor children to be harmed," he writes, "they simply want the best for their own children." Those sentiments are echoed by New Jersey school-district superintendent Timothy Brennan, whose Holmdel district spends $7,450 per pupil, vs. $3,086 in the state's poorest jurisdiction. "The point of reform was to make all schools quality schools. But I fear that everything will settle into mediocrity." The belief even extends to children. Kozol spoke to a student in a wealthy New York City suburb whose family had moved from the problem-plagued Bronx. "There...
Economic sanctions, though often applied, only rarely force a determined rogue government to mend its ways. Haiti, however, is almost without domestic resources. It is the poorest country in the hemisphere, and 60% of its 6 million people are unemployed. Without aid from abroad, its economic survival is in question. An economist in Port-au-Prince says the military leaders have "grabbed hot steel and they are going to get burned...
Poverty. One-third of African Americans live below the official poverty line (an income of $12,000 a year for a family of four), in contrast to 12% of whites. Although the Medicaid program offers free treatment to the poorest citizens, many low-income working people are not fully insured. Moreover, the everyday struggle to survive often takes precedence over health care. "For many people the question may be 'Do I go to work today, or do I see the doctor?' " says Dr. Earl Scott, medical director of the Sydenham Clinic, part of a network of free clinics in Harlem...
...important it may be, genetics is not destiny. Nor is poverty, culture or racism insurmountable. In fact, a number of developing countries, working with meager budgets over the past 20 years, have surpassed many parts of the U.S. in health care. A man living in Bangladesh, one of the poorest nations, has a better chance of reaching age 65 than a man in Harlem...
...poised to make a success of independence. Unlike Croatia, which contends with a militant Serbian minority, Slovenia is ethnically homogeneous. Internally it borders only Croatia. And Slovenia's economy shows a potential for robustness: although output shrank 9.6% last year, per capita production is on a par with the poorest members of the European Community. Still, foreign assistance is needed, so Slovenia had proceeded cautiously in order not to alienate potential donors...