Word: urban
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...political problem with a painfully human face. Unlike the arcane theories of Star Wars or the complex calculations of the budget deficit, homelessness is no abstraction. The homeless confront urban dwellers every day: sleeping on sidewalks and park benches, begging pedestrians for loose change, huddling in doorways for shelter or meandering the streets muttering to themselves. In cities that have flourished during the Reagan years, there are more homeless today than at any time since the Great Depression...
...Reagan Administration has had no effective housing policy for most of its eight years in power. Samuel Pierce, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, is the only remaining member of Ronald Reagan's original Cabinet, yet he has been the Administration's invisible man. Federal support for subsidized housing has been slashed 77%, from $32.2 billion in 1981 to $7.5 billion this fiscal year. HUD authorized the construction of only 88,136 subsidized dwellings in 1987, compared with more than...
...bandolier of credit cards and head for the outback. Tucked away in Monterey, Calif.; Boaz, Ala.; Rockford, Mich.; Freeport, Me.; and a dozen odd small towns in between, scores of manufacturers' outlet stores are doing a land-office business by offering 25% to 70% savings. Along with the bargains, urban consumers enjoy a day in the country and engage in a venerable American dream -- the inalienable right to pursue the deep discount. Says Charles Bloom, a Flemington-based developer who has put together six profitable factory-to-you outlet villages in the U.S.: "This is the wave of the retail...
Witness New York City Mayor Ed Koch's remarks to the press about the problem of begging in urban America. He said that instead of giving to beggars on the street, people should donate to their favorite charity. He was, legitimately enough, trying to protect people from being swindled. But by telling people to close their hearts and minds to the needy, Koch is providing us with an excuse to stand aside while the poor and homeless starve...
...KING--In 1969, while director of the Urban League of Eatern Massachusetts, King--now one of Boston's preeminent Black politicians--led a protest against the United Fund. King and others dumped table scraps on the head table of the Fund's award banquet--attended by 1000 businessmen--symbolizing, they said, the crumbs they felt the organization had been giving to Black groups...