1873 bird's-eye map of San Antonio 1934 HOLC map of San Antonio showing racial concentration by neighborhood Map of evictions by census tract in San Antonio

Unpacking Poverty

UnpackingPoverty.org
San Antonio, 1873
Racial concentration, 1934 (HOLC)
Evictions by census tract, 2019

Articles Published

A running list
All articles by Lily G. Casura, MSW unless otherwise noted.
  1. Kicked to the Curb: How Eviction Can Make Poverty’s Impacts Even Worse
    Medium · September 10, 2018
  2. Unsung Hero: How Utility Assistance Plays a Vital Role in Helping the Poor
    Medium · July 22, 2018
  3. What’s a Child Care Desert? And Why It Should Matter if You’re Living in One
    Medium · March 31, 2018
  4. Measuring Poverty with a Yardstick
    Medium · March 14, 2018
  5. Hardship Personified: Single Mothers and Single Mothers of Color
    Medium · February 18, 2018
  6. The Poverty Pyramid: Who’s Got it Worst in America?
    Medium · February 5, 2018
  7. Moving On: Why Poverty Means You Move More, and Why That Matters
    Medium · January 21, 2018
  8. Literacy Lives: How Someone You Probably Never Heard of Deserves the Nobel Prize
    The Huffington Post · October 21, 2017
  9. Left Behind: In San Antonio, Nation’s 7th Largest City, More Than 100K Lack a Ninth Grade Education
    The Huffington Post · October 9, 2017
  10. San Antonio and the Geography of Poverty
    The Huffington Post · October 2, 2017
  11. Looking through an Equity Lens at San Antonio
    The Huffington Post · September 26, 2017