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These 6 charts explain why Dallas’ dog problem is so messed up When Antoinette Brown was killed by a pack of dogs this month, it at last became impossible to ignore Dallas’ loose dog problem. The mayor vowed to deal with the “crisis.” A deputy police chief was sent to help lead Dallas Animal Services. And many people, for the first time, awakened to a deplorable predicament that plagues the city’s poorest residents, mostly in southern Dallas. How did we get to this point?
DENTON — Inside a cafeteria at the University of North Texas, Erwin Guillermo Fernández downs a turkey sandwich before class, talking excitedly about how his education here will open doors back in his native Mexico. At least that’s the plan. “My goal is to finish here this year, return to Mexico and try to make a difference,” said Fernández, 32, a graduate student in computer science.
In recent years, the rich have seen their wealth grow dramatically while the poor and middle class have basically flatlined. It’s no accident, argue Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson in their book Winner-Take-All Politics. The infographic below, which draws from Hacker and Pierson’s book, explains how our politicians — on both sides of the aisle — fell under the spell of corporate dollars and re-engineered our economic system to favor the wealthy.
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