Fixing America’s inner cities

Young black men in Baltimore, as in many other American cities, are fed up with being manhandled by cops. Most demonstrated peacefully, but some seized the opportunity to steal, smash and burn. What is striking about Baltimore’s slums is that they are islands of dystopia in a sea of middle-class comfort. Black America’s problems, like America’s, are unevenly spread http://econ.st/1JSitHh

Fixing America’s inner cities

AS BALTIMOREANS sweep up broken glass and haggle with insurers over fire-gutted shops, many are wondering why the city exploded into riots last month, and how to...

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