This is a sentiment I've heard a lot recently: "we don't want it to go back to normal. Normal wasn't working." And I'm sympathetic. The question, is, how do we get from here to there? The message in one deprived school district is this: "'we're all in this together' and 'everyone needs to play their part'. How desperately insulting to suggest this has ever been the case. Our children have long lived with the pre-existing condition of staggering deprivation." Our focus with both relief and in the reconstruction that follows needs to be not at the top but at the bottom - making sure those most in need have housing, food, health care, education, clothing, connectivity, a voice.... That in itself is a sufficient challenge for the economy and morality of our times.
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