God meets Mammon.
A project begun in Milwaukee's South Side aims to turn thugs into computer programmers. In 1996, Jesuit Brother James Holub, in an effort to stop the city's gangland murders, created Homeboyz Interactive, a non-profit outfit involved in recruiting, training, and job placement. The organization is...
| Publicado en: | Economist Vol. 361; pp. 66 - 67 |
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| Formato: | Artículo |
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Economist Newspaper Limited
10/20/2001
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