“Unpacking the Census broke new ground in highlighting the history of discriminatory decisions by political and business powerbrokers as well as the unintended negative impact of well-intentioned policies. The combination of data and narrative “connected the head and the heart” and energized people for constructive action.”
Rob Corcoron’s recent blog post, Using data and historical narrative to address poverty, expands on Governing Magazine article, “How one city cut its poverty rate by more than a third,” and references the work of Dr. John Moeser and the Unpacking the Census.