If you didn't have a chance to hear Alix Spiegel's two-part report on the misery of life in a post-Katrina trailer park and the cavern of depression into which most residents have fallen, you need to do so. Some of these folks were hurting before Katrina, but even the strongest have been beset by nearly insurmountable obstacles to rebuilding their lives, getting out of the park, and making a new start. At least in New Orleans, bad as it is, we have community, friends, and helping hands.
When I travel, especially to poorer parts of the world, people ask me how the U.S., the richest and most powerful country on earth, can permit such a travesty. I can't ever seem to come up with a satisfying answer.
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