Poverty & Inequality News
October, 2009
Researchers have found that being raised in poor neighborhoods plays a major role in explaining why African American children from middle-income families are far more likely than white children to slip down the income... More
October, 2009
The price of a college education rose substantially last year, despite a 2.1 percent decline in the Consumer Price Index from July 2008 to July 2009.
October, 2009
The downward spiral of the economy is challenging a notion that has underpinned American economic policy for a quarter-century — the idea that prosperity springs from markets left free of government interference.
October, 2009
The classroom is where poor and middle-class kids should meet -- to the benefit of both.
October, 2009
A financial adviser at a leading wealth-management firm, Dan Rivers often identifies himself proudly but simply: “I’m a Dartmouth guy.’’ But thinking about the times he was scrutinized by security coming in and out of... More
October, 2009
A revised formula for calculating medical costs and geographic variations show that approximately 47.4 million Americans last year lived in poverty, 7 million more than the government's official figure.
October, 2009
Steps away, in the brush behind a fence, lives a man named Joe whose life is far from set.
October, 2009
There will never be a post-racial America if the wealth gap persists.
October, 2009
Dr. Gardner, a founding member of the Pittsburgh affiliate of the National Organization for Women in the late 1960s, joined the chapter's ongoing battle against discrimination in help-wanted ads. At the time, many... More