Ephrat Livni: Trump’s $44 million golf course sits right next to the Palm Beach County Jail
“What was clear was the two institutions’ closeness highlighted precisely the strange mix of rich and poor that brought me to Florida. In 2007, I moved to Palm Beach to work for the county public defender, having just graduated from City University of New York law school in Queens, a public-interest law school designed to create class-conscious legal warriors. I signed up for indigent defense in Palm Beach on purpose, because it sounded absurd to stand for the poor in a place famous for its wealth. I was full of fight and moxie, ready to explore wealth disparity in paradise. But it only took four short years to flee just as eagerly as I came, seeking peace from crime, relentless sunshine, and stark class divides.”