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According to a new report from the D.C. Fiscal Policy institute, only two American cities, Atlanta and Tampa, have income inequality as great as Washington’s. Half of all African Americans and people without college degrees are unemployed here, despite a boom in gentrification and real estate construction that was supposed to lift all boats.
The photo above is one I took earlier this year to demonstrate inequality in D.C: A Columbia Heights public health clinic serving the immigrant population puts out a sign to assure patients it will remain “Open During Construction” of the luxury condos next door.
–Dana Goldstein
