Baltimore's Housing Voucher Program Almost Gets It Right [CityLab.com]
In December, a hung jury resulted in a mistrial in the Freddie Gray case. The death of the 25-year-old Baltimore black man while in police custody , and the protests that followed, brought to light the long history of strained police-community relations in the city’s highly segregated, very poor neighborhoods. Poor black kids growing up in Baltimore’s high-poverty neighborhoods are least likely to escape their circumstances compared to other U.S. cities, according to research...