The Benefits of Cash Without Conditions

The Benefits of Cash Without Conditions
By TINA ROSENBERG

The poor are different from you and me, as F. Scott Fitzgerald might have said. They have less money.

Yet it makes news when a charity simply gives the poor cash. GiveDirectly, which two years ago began to give cash to very poor families in Kenya that they could spend however they wanted, is getting a lot of attention — most recently an article in the New York Times Magazine and a more in-depth piece on This American Life. More

New York Times Critic's Picks

Ain't none this week.

Git Out Yer Parkas!

It's almost 7:00 am here, and it's cooled all the way down to 76 degrees fondly Fahrenheit!

Minn. Orchestra management makes new contract offer

Minn. Orchestra management makes new contract offer
by Euan Kerr, Minnesota Public Radio
August 30, 2013

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The conflict between the two sides in the Minnesota Orchestra dispute has taken a new turn. A contract offer released Thursday, which management said could end the 11 month lockout and preserve the fall season, was quickly dismissed by musicians. They called it a rejection of a confidential mediation process initially promoted by the board. Moar

Beatings to continue, but only on non-performance nites?

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