Inequality

Details: Written by: Jim Patterson, Vanderbilt University

How Health Insurance Binds Neighbors Together Access to health insurance can help hold a community together socially, and lack of it can help fray neighborhood cohesion, report researchers.

Details: Written by: Leonard Steinhorn, BillMoyers.com

Who Are The Real Forgotten Americans? As Donald J. Trump assumes the presidency and lays out his agenda for our country, he will likely proclaim himself, as he did in the campaign, the voice of "the forgotten Americans."

Details: Written by: Stanford University

Kids Born In The 1980s Only Have 50/50 Odds Of Out-earning Parents Young people entering the workforce today are far less likely to earn more than their parents when compared to children born two generations earlier, new research shows.

Details: Written by: Lance Wallace, Georgia Institute of Technology

These 6 New Elements Are Redefining The Meaning Of Poverty Since social scientists and economists began measuring poverty, its definition has never strayed far from a discussion of income.

Details: Written by: Rachel Harrison, New York University

Unlike Adults, Teens Pitch In Despite Income Inequality New research links income inequality with greater civic engagement among young people—particularly among young people of color and those of lower socioeconomic status.

Details: Written by: Rachel Harrison, New York University

Is The Amount Of Teacher Outreach Affected By Student Racial Stereotypes? Teachers communicate with parents based on their racial and immigrant backgrounds—not just their child’s academic performance—research finds.

Details: Written by: Nick Buffie, CEPR

Why Would Falling Disability Benefits Cause People to Stop Working? A common argument for the decline in employment in recent years is that more workers are dropping out of the labor force to live off public benefits, particularly Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI).

Details: Written by: Gillian Kiley, Brown University

Mixed Race Neighborhoods Are On The Rise Across The US In all parts of the United States, the number of neighborhoods that are home to a mix of black, white, Asian, and Hispanic residents is growing.

Details: Written by: Bill Hathaway, Yale University

Evidence Shows Preschool Teachers Keep Closer Eye On Black Boys Sophisticated eye-tracking technology shows that preschool teachers “show a tendency to more closely observe black students, and especially boys, when challenging behaviors are expected.”

Details: Written by: Kate Becker, Boston University

How Kids Divvy Up Candy Reflects Their Culture’s Values New research may explain why American children resist their parents’ instructions to share.

Details: Written by: Milenko Martinovich, University of Florida

Biased Expectations Can Sink A Female Manager's Chances Gender bias can influence how supervisors view a manager’s long-term potential, a new study shows.

Details: Written by: Elizabeth C. Tippett, University of Oregon

How Wells Fargo Encouraged Employees To Commit Fraud Over the course of four years, at least 5,000 Wells Fargo employees opened more than a million fake bank and credit card accounts on behalf of unwitting customers.

Details: Written by: Nicholas D. Mirzoeff, New York University

How The Jim Crow Internet Is Pushing Back Against Black Lives Matter Police killings of African-Americans on social media have become the visual hallmark of our time. This decade will be recalled through blurry cellphone and dash-cam videos of shootings. But how will it be remembered?

Details: Written by: InnerSelf Staff

When It Comes To CEO Pay Congress Is All Hat And No Cattle Last week, Congress engaged in a bipartisan barrage of CEO bashing.

Details: Written by: Wallace Hopp, University of Michigan

How Corporate America Can Help Curb Income Inequality Scorpion met Frog on a river bank and asked him for a ride to the other side. “How do I know you won’t sting me?” asked Frog. “Because,” replied Scorpion, “if I do, I will drown.” Satisfied, Frog set out across the water with Scorpion on his back. Halfway across, Scorpion stung Frog. “Why did you do that?” gasped Frog as he started to sink. “Now we’ll both die.” “I can’t help it,” replied Scorpion. “It’s my nature.”

Details: Written by: Robert Reich

Trump's Huge Trickle-Down Economic Plan Donald Trump poses as a working-class populist, but about his new economic plan would be a gusher for the wealthy. And almost nothing will trickle down to anyone else.

Details: Written by: Emily Costello, The Conversation

Affording Child Care In America This week on the presidential campaign trail, Donald Trump took a big step out of traditional Republican territory to propose a federal solution to the high cost of child care. His plan suggests utilizing the tax code to give a break to working parents with young kids.

Details: Written by: Gerry Everding, Washington University in St. Louis

Weaker Unions Have Also Cut Nonunion Paychecks? A dramatic decline in the density of US labor unions since the 1970s has resulted in lower wages for both union and nonunion workers, a new study suggests.

Details: Written by: Robert Reich

How Bill Clinton's Failed Campaign Promise Is Playing Havoc With Your Life What can be done to deter pharmaceutical companies from jacking up prices of critical drugs? To prevent Wall Street banks from excessive gambling? To nudge CEOs into taking a longer-term view? To restrain runaway CEO pay?

Details: Written by: Daniel Ozarow, Middlesex University

Lessons From Argentina For Europe's Newly Impoverished Middle Class Leading economic think-tank the institute of Fiscal Studies has warned that “middle-income families are the new poor” – a damning indictment of the way poverty in Britain has spread far beyond groups that are traditionally considered poor.

Details: Written by: Sharon Friel, Australian National University

How Class And Wealth Affect Your Health Inequities in wealth and income are one of the biggest social, economic and political challenges of our time. It’s important to address these inequities for three key reasons.