Flipping the Calendar Year
There is a joke among Jewish people about this time of the year: “New Year’s, that’s so three months ago!” The Jewish …
Chanukah, Christmas, and coronavirus
I find myself in the middle of Chanukah. All gifts that I am giving are mailed off to people I haven’t seen …
Safety is not equal
Some parents who work essential jobs, such as emergency room doctors, had to find childcare in a hurry this March. Suddenly, daycare …
Real Estate: The Heart of Financial Inequality
This should go without saying in 2020, but it has to be said: Racism is not about being rude to Black people. …
Can you put a price on good neighbors?
When he bough a house in Detroit, young, white Drew Philp thought of himself as an urban pioneer, entering no-man’s-land and bringing …