I’m shocked that people having some money can improve their lives and provide access to housing.
This is great! I will have this on hand anytime someone uses that old, “that’s just throwing money at the problem,” argument. 
The key is throwing enough money at the problem. This is fully in line with other research.
Same with homelessness. Turns out that giving people homes solves homelessness.
Commie socialists gotta commie socialist.
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Communist banks will save capitalism!
I did not expect to sit down with the newspaper and find an article about Marshall Allen, accompanied by a big photo of the Arkestra in all their glory.
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P.S. It wasn’t even the only article in today’s paper in which Sun Ra was mentioned:
My favorite Sun Ra experience: a few years ago the local college put on a show. The music and dance departments got together to host a great event full of weirdness in both music and dance. There was one exceptionally intense number with dancers dressed as elephants and fairies flowing around the room.
A person seated in front of me was kind of annoying, holding up their iPad to record the show (and blocking my view) but it all became worth it when, in the dead silent lull after the number was finished, the iPad said loudly, “I didn’t quite get that.”
I remember thinking, “don’t worry, Siri, none of us quite gets it. Just enjoy the show.” 
The one and only time I’ve seen them (thus far) was 21 years ago, just about to the day (@ St Edward’s Univ. in Austin). No iPads in sight, though I was probably still carrying a pager at that point… but my experience sounds a little similar to yours. The Arkestra was preceded with a revue/jam session in which one soloist (musician or dancer) rotated from within the group. Mostly they were local artists but one of them was Bilal Sunni-Ali (this was just before I knew who he is, e.g. from Gil Scott-Heron’s albums).
I was just coming to post that!
somewhat related:
https://www.architectmagazine.com/design/12-disaster-relief-projects-by-shigeru-ban-architects_o
not a single white male judge. It is hard for me to imagine a functional NOLA criminal court system but this looks like a big step in the right direction
ETA: for those unfamiliar with the city, white men make up ~15% of the population and have been traditionally grossly over-represented on the bench, even compared to the rest of the US. That has greatly exacerbated the criminalization of Black New Orleanians. For instance the last jury I sat on in NOLA was a case where a Black high school senior was being tried for felony intent to distribute for a dime bag of weed (~2 g). As was often the case the judge, the cop, and the prosecutor were all white men. Ending that sort of shit makes a big difference
This thread has some food for thought: Hickel’s saying a quiet [de-grow] part out loud, calling out the economic model of infinite growth on a finite planet. A variant of “enough for everyone’s need but not everyone’s greed” and that, I think, is why I feel like posting it here. Will this be the path to get a green new deal done?
