By Jeanne Lee Nerd Wallet Debt doesn’t have to be a way of life. Take it from those who’ve been there. Whether it was dealing with credit cards, student loans, car loans or other debt, the people profiled in…
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To Understand Inequality in America, Look Outside of the Cities
Jan 16, 2018, 11:47 AM 0
By Negin Owliaei Inequality.org You can’t count on your phone’s mapping app to guide you in rural Alabama, Catherine Flowers says. A Lowndes County native, she recently had visitors try to find their way around using a GPS….
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Environmental activist group Moms Clean Air Force has face-to-face with EPA’s Scott Pruitt
Jan 12, 2018, 4:43 PM 0
By Dominique Browning Moms Clean Air Force No one was more surprised than I when EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt asked Moms Clean Air Force in for a meeting. After all, we have been relentless in our critique of the…
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This Youth Worker in DACA Fears for His Future As He Helps Students in Similar Situation
Jan 10, 2018, 11:59 AM 0
By Stell Simonton Justice Information & Exchange As an undocumented student, David Blancas had to push hard to shape his future. He couldn’t drive without fear of being stopped. He couldn’t get on a plane without worrying about…
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Did far-right extremist violence really spike in 2017?
Jan 9, 2018, 3:09 PM 0
By William Parkin, Joshua D. Freilich & Steven Chermak The Conversation Intense media coverage of a so-called “alt-right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that turned deadly last August fueled the notion that far-right violent extremism in the U.S. in 2017…
By Kate Lord Futurity Violent crime in the US dropped by about half since the 1990s. But why? In this quick video, Patrick Sharkey, associate professor of sociology at New York University, offers two important factors. “We think…
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Shocking Reasons Why 100,000 San Antonio Adults Haven’t Passed 9th Grade
Jan 4, 2018, 1:33 PM 0
By Eric Moreno Salud Today San Antonio is the nation’s seventh-largest city, a dynamic modern powerhouse steeped in Latino culture and history. Yet more than 100,000 adults here haven’t passed ninth grade. An in-depth article by Lily Casura of…
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Why Puerto Rico’s death toll from Hurricane Maria is so much higher than officials thought
Jan 3, 2018, 1:16 PM 0
By Alexis R. Santos-Lozada The Conversation “If you don’t get away from those areas, you are going to die.” That phrase concluded Puerto Rico Secretary of Public Safety Héctor Pesquera’s press conference before Hurricane Maria. Three months after the…
By Eddy Martinez Juvenile Justice Information Exchange George Kenefati, a sophomore at Macaulay Honors College in Manhattan, recently posted a social event on Facebook for his fellow students. It was meant to raise awareness of the challenges faced by…
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3 myths about the poor that Republicans are using to support slashing US safety net
Dec 15, 2017, 11:50 AM 0
By Michele Gilman The Conversation Republicans continue to use long-debunked myths about the poor as they defend lower taxes for the rich and deep cuts to the social safety netto pay for them. In so doing, they are essentially…
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5 ways the proposed PROSPER Act could impact student aid
Dec 12, 2017, 9:40 AM 0
By Dennis A. Kramer II & Christopher R. Marsicano The Conversation For the first time in nearly a decade, the United States Congress is about to take up legislation to upgrade the Higher Education Act – the federal law…
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What Everyone Should Know About America’s Diverse Working Class
Dec 12, 2017, 8:48 AM 0
By Alex Rowell LatinaLista In the aftermath of the 2016 election, many have attributed President Donald Trump’s electoral victory to the anger of the working class, calling for progressives to dedicate themselves to winning back these voters.1 Often, whether…
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Discrimination’s effects on health spill over to partner
Dec 11, 2017, 9:28 AM 0
By Andy Henion Futurity Facing discrimination can have negative health consequences not only for the victim but also for their romantic partner, research suggests. The work, which analyzed a nationally representative sample of nearly 2,000 couples, considers how the…
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GOP Tax Plan Is Igniting a Movement for a Moral Economy
Dec 7, 2017, 11:53 AM 0
By Sarah Anderson Inequality.org If you’re expecting a gift card from your boss as an end-of-year bonus, enjoy it this year because you probably won’t get one in 2018. The Senate tax bill would ban such rewards. Why?…
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Report: Latino Kids Have Bigger Obstacles to Success than Peers
Dec 6, 2017, 9:55 AM 0
By Derek Ngwu Salud Today U.S. Latino, black, and American Indian children have bigger obstacles to success than white and Asian children, according to a new report. The report, the Race for Results from the Annie E. Casey Foundation,…
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College-educated Latinos Are More Likely to Report Discrimination
Dec 5, 2017, 8:45 AM 0
By Elaine Ayala Latino Ed Beat A new, large-scale survey on U.S. discrimination has found that more than three-quarters of Latinos believe there is discrimination against Latinos in the United States. And about a third say they’ve directly experienced some…
By Ken Branson Futurity Confronting people who make racist statements may make them to reflect on their behavior and try to avoid repeating such statements, new research suggests. “We found that participants who were confronted felt bad about their…
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Taxpayers want more fairness. GOP plan to ‘reform’ the tax code doesn’t deliver
Nov 30, 2017, 10:40 AM 0
By Stephanie Leiser The Conversation Republicans seem to be operating under the assumption that if the details of their tax “reform” plan are aired for too long, the whole thing might fall apart. The House passed its version of…
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12 ways Scott Pruitt’s EPA threatens children’s health — in the agency’s own words
Nov 28, 2017, 11:01 AM 0
By Molly Rauch Moms Clean Air Force Ever since Scott Pruitt joined EPA, there have been a slew of reversals and delays of various rules already on the books. A birds-eye view of this regulatory shift shows that…
By Carson Bear Saving Places With Puerto Rico still reeling from Hurricane Maria, the community there faces an urgent need. During the storm, thousands of buildings—historic and new—lost their roofs. Fresh rain furthers damages to these places, delaying people’s…
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Millions of Youth Are Homeless for More Than Month At a Time, New Study Finds
Nov 21, 2017, 10:01 AM 0
By Bill Myers Juvenile Justice Information & Exchange Nearly one in 30 teens and one in 10 young adults experienced homelessness in the past year, a groundbreaking new study has found. Researchers at the University of Chicago’s Chapin Hall…
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An anti-poverty effort created jobs but didn’t fix inequality
Nov 20, 2017, 9:55 AM 0
By Alex Shashkevich Futurity New research examines former President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty initiative in the 1960s and its legacy in American cities. In an article in the Journal of Urban History, historian Claire Dunning argues that…
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A Cultural Way to Get Latino Kids Interested in Health Careers
Nov 17, 2017, 9:07 AM 0
By Cliff Despres Salud Today he U.S. Latino population has grown 243% since 1980. But the number of Latino doctors dropped 22%, a study found. That’s why we need programs like Roots to Wings. The innovative Roots to Wings…
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How the most comprehensive report on climate change impacts your family
Nov 16, 2017, 10:55 AM 0
By Marcia G. Yerman Moms Clean Air Force The Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4) has been released. Over 1500 journals and reports were examined to “assesses the physical science of climate change.” It has presented findings stating – unequivocally…
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Why Puerto Rico is getting the brunt of ‘donor fatigue’
Nov 15, 2017, 2:05 PM 0
By Samantha Penta The Conversation Recovering from disasters is never easy. When disasters pile up, it gets harder. On top of the inevitable competition for everything from the government’s funding for recovery efforts to construction materials, donations for relief…
