Vancouver “The Birth of a New American Aristocracy” is not exactly a catchy title for a piece in the current issue of The Atlantic, although it won’t surprise anyone when I say that it certainly caught my eye. It’s one of those long-winded, multi-page things that about twenty of us around the country might read …
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The Neighborhood Gap: Racial and Income Segregation
Little Rock Three Stanford researchers are claiming to have discovered something new in the acknowledged huge divide between white and black families in addition to making less money and “blatant discrimination,” and that’s a so-called “neighborhood gap.” Meaning that through data crunching they found what the Times called “a striking pattern: White (and Asian-American) middle-income …
Global Inequality is Increasing Dangerously
New Orleans Rev. Martin Luther King’s last campaign was about poor people and human rights, taking another step down the road from civil rights. It’s no surprise that Oxfam International, even though based in the United Kingdom, chose the day set aside to celebrate King’s legacy as the day to release a report on the …