“Harlem is a neighborhood in upper Manhattan that was once a byword for poverty, crime, and urban failure. It was a place where as recently as 1980, black men had a lower life expectancy than in Bangladesh. Large parts of it look different today. Life expectancy has soared, and the neighborhood has improved dramatically. Although a considerable share of children there — 35% — remain poor, their life chances still look much better than a generation earlier.
That is in no small part because of the efforts of the Harlem Children’s Zone, a non-profit group which has “adopted 100 blocks” and set itself the goal of breaking the intergenerational chain of poverty by providing good parenting advice, healthy food and education.”
Read more in The Economist.