poverty

Commentary 

The Singularly Ignored and Banned Discussion of the Number One Cause of Violence, Educational Deficits, Bullying and Poverty: Single Parent Families

Richard E. Vatz, Ph.D

In the relationship between single parenting and the high rate of crime, the cause of having only one parent is due to several obvious articulable connections.  A single parent cannot usually control a single male, let alone multiple males, their study habits, friendship choices, living in poverty, and group identification.  Gangs are always willing to substitute for absent parents.

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Essays Literature 

Brooklyn 2020

Mark Hannon

If you need to get some cutlery sharpened, go down to the Grinding Company of America, across the Vietnam Veterans Bridge on Annabel Street in Brooklyn. The Grinding Company of America used to be located across the street from Camden Yards for around a century before the baseball stadium was built, convenient to all the produce, meat and fish wholesalers that were located there.

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