“Are we essentially saying that if you’re poor and of color, you’re out of luck?”

http://colorlines.com/archives/2012/05/the_remaking_of_philadelphia_public_schools_privatization_or_bust.html

"Never befriend the oppressed unless you are prepared to take on the oppressor." - Ogden Nash

Education challenge

http://hechingerreport.org/content/philadelphia-after-decades-of-effort-a-decade-of-progress_3320/

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/special_packages/inquirer/Philadelphia_Homicides_1988_2011.html