[Repost] Income inequality turns "neglected tropic diseases" into American diseases of "the poor living among the wealthy"

On Wednesday Cory Doctorow posted on Boing Boing Income inequality turns "neglected tropic diseases" into American diseases of "the poor living among the wealthy". From Cory's post, "Chagas, hookworm disease, cysticercosis, and chikungunya -- just to name a few. They cluster in the American south and southwest, and disproportionately effect the poorest Americans, who are usually also the brownest Americans." Read the post and become informed on this obvious collateral damage associated with income equality.

Locality and Inequality by Troutt

David Dante Troutt spoke intelligently about the connection between locality and inequality on the Leonard Lopate Show. Listen to the interview at http://www.wnyc.org/radio/#/ondemand/341035. Troutt has published on this matter with The Price of Paradise: The Cost of Inequality and the Vision for a More Equitable America.