HELEN LEE
By Heather Gilligan on Oct 14 2010 - 5:07pm
Driving across the Bridge from Marin to Richmond is not just a trip across the Bay. It’s also a trip across a social divide. On one side of the bridge, Marin’s rolling green hills and roadside bird sanctuaries are laced with bike lanes and trails.
But poverty is visible just across the water....
By Heather Gilligan on Sep 28 2010 - 4:03pm
A recent report from the Institute on Assets and Social Policy found that between 1984 and 2007, white families in the U.S. accrued almost $80,000 in wealth, while black families accrued almost none. And that gap in wealth has a clear effect on their life expectancy: those who live in...
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