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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBill Moyers: Homeless in High Tech’s Shadow
http://vimeo.com/63373007Homeless in High Techs Shadow
April 5, 2013
Californias Silicon Valley is a microcosm of Americas new extremes of wealth and poverty. Business is better than its been in a decade, with companies like Facebook, Google and Apple minting hundreds of new tech millionaires. But not far away, the homeless are building tent cities along a creek in the city of San Jose. Homelessness rose 20 percent in the past two years, food stamp participation is at a 10-year high, and the average income for Hispanics, who make up a quarter of the areas population, fell to a new low of about $19,000 a year in a place where the average rent is $2000 a month.
As this weeks Moyers & Company remembers Dr. Martin Luther Kings legacy in economic justice as well as civil rights, we visit Silicon Valley to bring you this story about modern-day poverty and inequality. We talk to Cindy Chavez of Working Partnerships USA; Russell Hancock of Joint Venture Silicon Valley; Martha Mendoza, an AP writer whose recent piece about Silicon Valley poverty brought this story to our attention; Daniel Garcia, who became homeless after losing his job in a Google campus restaurant; and Teresa Frigge, a homeless woman who used to make the silicon chips that give the valley its name.
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Bill Moyers: Homeless in High Tech’s Shadow (Original Post)
marmar
Apr 2013
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xchrom
(108,903 posts)1. du rec. nt
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)2. +1. Another DU rec. nt
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)3. k&r
n/t
senseandsensibility
(17,164 posts)5. When does this air?
Is it on PBS? Thanks.
marmar
(77,097 posts)6. It aired Friday......but I know that locally, the Detroit PBS station airs Bill Moyers' show on Sun.
It varies locally.
snappyturtle
(14,656 posts)9. I watch all of Bill Moyer's shows anytime I want on his
nice website. I just checked it's there.
http://billmoyers.com/
edit: oops! didn't see the posted link! dah!
Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)7. K&R nt
OneGrassRoot
(22,920 posts)8. K&R n/t
WillyT
(72,631 posts)10. HUGE K & R !!!