Robert Neuwirth discusses his experiences in “shadow” squatter cities in Kenya, Brazil, India, and Turkey. Think it won’t happen in America?

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I’m back in New Orleans for a two-week workshop.  It’s good to be here staying with friends… even if the drive is long and the drivers are bad.
Tonight I had the pleasure of seeing a group of MissionLab youth try to walk into a closed McDonalds near campus.  Oh the wonderful confusion of a bunch [...]

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I moved into my apartment with the help of my parents, a cousin I’d never met, and my good friend Brent who I went to seminary in New Orleans with before Katrina.  We were done in less than 2 hours, and I spent the next two days unpacking, organizing, and cleaning.  Unlike in Alabama, Texas [...]

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