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In 1958, the author, John Steinbeck, wrote an essay describing San Francisco as a city with “a golden handcuff with the key thrown away”.The article was a rhapsody about life in that city. On
Noble: Who really cares? How shallow protests ignore chance for real change ‘ Poor children are victims of circumstance/ In life they never really get a chance/Or have opportunities as privileged children do/ The road from the poor suburb to prison leads them/ From broken homes they are condemned to fail/ Their abusive and drug-addicted parents serving time in jail/ Their parents too homeless in their teen years/ On no hope street no laughter only tears.’ — Francis Duggan (2008). Photo: Poverty is a severe strain on family life. In a period racked with national pain, it has been instruc...