In a recent Wall Street Journal opinion piece, American Enterprise Institute scholar Charles Murray advanced the theory that the lawlessness seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina was caused by the failure of government to address root problems. He argues that without a family support structure, no amount of funding can possibly fix poverty or decrease criminality in the long term. Larry Mantle explores this argument with Baton Rouge NAACP President Kwame Asante and Joe Hicks, a social critic and vice president of Community Advocates, a non-traditional human and civil rights organization.
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