Defunding Social Services

Brenden Beck — 2025-07-15T05:00:00Z

Cities around the United States are bracing for federal funding cuts to social services. Yet, as Brenden Beck explains, cities have long been cutting social-service spending while increasing police spending, even as crimes rates have fallen.
When Dallas wrote its city budget last year, something was missing. The city had allocated zero dollars to its Skillman Southwestern library, effectively closing the branch. Seattle joined Dallas in slashing social services later in the year when it

- Debates / budget cuts, public services, social services, municipal budgets, police, United States

Who Cleans Paris? Garbage Collectors in Their Own Words

Coline Ferrant & Marie Mourad & translated by Oliver Waine — 2019-06-21T05:00:00Z

Who are Paris's garbage collectors? Coline Ferrant and Marie Mourad highlight the diverse working conditions covered by this job title, which includes both municipal and private-sector employees.
“Paris City Hall has an image to convey on a global level. France too, of course, but on a global level,” says Ahmed, a garbage collector employed by a private contractor that provides waste-management services to the city of Paris (hereafter “the city”). From “zero-waste” objectives to its “Paris du

- From the Field / waste, waste management, urban public service, garbage collectors, Paris, civil service, public services

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Defunding Social Services

Who Cleans Paris? Garbage Collectors in Their Own Words