Storming of the Bastille of gunpowder to the Bastille for safer storage. At this point, the Bastille was nearly empty, housing only seven prisoners: four forgers, two "lunatics" and one "deviant" aristocrat, the Comte de Solages (the Marquis de Sade had been transferred out ten days earlier). The high cost of maintaining a garrisoned medieval fortress, for what was seen as having a limited purpose, had led to a decision being made shortly before the disturbances began to replace it with an open public space. Amid the tensions of July 1789, the building remained as a symbol of royal tyranny. The regular garrison consisted
Locked in the Poorhouse the “welfare” system – but, by 2008, “welfare” had been ended for over 10 years. Returning to the findings of the Kerner Commission, Currie concluded that the real problems were: • Jobless rates among black men that remained stratospheric even in times of economic growth; • The retreat from an already minimal commitment to investment in job creation and training; and • A stunning rise in incarceration of black men with no corresponding effort to reintegrate them on their release into productive roles in the community. Locked in the Poorhouse Locked in the Poorhouse is a 30-year update of the