Tag Archives: Stockton

In the Once-Bankrupt City, a Stanford Scholar Finds That People Are Poor Because Their Governments Are Poor Stockton, California (above) is a prime example of disinvestment in local government and people—but recovery is possible. Columnist Joe Mathews reads Zócalo Book Prize winner Michelle Wilde Anderson’s The Fight to Save the Town: Reimagining… Continue reading →

By Carma Hassan, CNN Published 5:34 PM EDT, Mon April 10, 2023 (CNN.com) SEED participant Susie Garza shows off the debit card she got each month through the program.Rich Pedroncelli/APCNN —  Results are out from a two-year experiment testing the effects of guaranteed income on residents of Stockton, California – but the… Continue reading →