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The Zip Code Effect: How Place Raises or Lowers the Odds of Psychosis

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Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com

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Your mind doesn’t float above the map. It lives on a street with cracks in the sidewalk or fresh paint on the crosswalk. It rides a bus that comes on time or doesn’t come at all. New evidence says neighborhood deprivation doesn’t just bruise pride; it raises the odds of a psychotic disorder. If we want fewer broken lives, we fix the block. Capacity first, then everything else.

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Why the System Feels Rigged To Young People

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Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com

Who is to blame for today’s financial inequality?

Financial inequality solutions and wealth inequality's impact are reshaping lives. From stagnant wages to soaring debt, this article uncovers the causes and possible fixes.

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The Dangers of Deregulation: Lessons from the Fourth Turning

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Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com

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The Fourth Turning's crisis phase is here, bringing deregulation risks that affect wealth inequality, environmental safety, and public protections.

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The Real Agenda Behind Abortion Restrictions

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Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com

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Kamala Harris’s questioning of Justice Kavanaugh highlights the gender inequality in abortion restrictions and their profound impact on women’s autonomy and societal participation.

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How the Matthew Principle Shapes Our Economy and Society

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Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com

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You've probably heard the saying "the rich get richer" before. But have you ever stopped to wonder why that tends to happen? 

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How Violence in the Neighborhood Can Impact Kids’ Brains

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Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com

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A new study finds that growing up around community violence changes brain development in kids and teens. Specifically, it makes the amygdala overly reactive.

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Staggering Inequality and Loss of Upward Mobility Betrays the American Dream

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Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com

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The belief that America is a land of opportunity where hard work pays off used to be a virtual article of faith for most citizens.

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The Financial Struggles of the 'Uncomfortably Off'

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Written by: Marcos Gonzalez Hernando, UCL

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Recently, there seem to have been a lot of people like William, in privileged jobs and on six-figure salaries, complaining that they’re “struggling” – including to The Times, The Independent, the Mail and the Telegraph.

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The Unseen Poverty of Mississippi: A Journey Through Desolation

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Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com

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With a careful eye, the video unveils the harsh reality of a region that stands as a chilling testament to the decline of the United States.

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How The US Is Seriously Wasting Its Poverty Tax Dollars

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Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com

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The United States has a higher rate of poverty than other advanced democracies . This has led to a situation where many people struggle to make ends meet, despite working and living in a wealthy country.

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How Cockiness And Risk Tolerance Add To The Gender Wage Gap

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Written by: Rich Barlow, Boston University

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New research finds men’s risk tolerance and overconfidence play a role in the gender wage gap.

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16 Colleges Accused of Price Fixing Against Low-income Students

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Written by: Robert Massa, University of Southern California

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Sixteen universities – including six in the Ivy League – are accused in a lawsuit of having engaged in price fixing and unfairly limiting financial aid by using a shared methodology to calculate the financial need of applicants.

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Did Charles Dickens Capture The Real Meaning Of Christmas In ‘A Christmas Carol’?

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Written by: Jade McClain, New York University

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Dickens consciously thought of A Christmas Carol as a message book, which he hoped would deliver what he called a 'sledge-hammer' blow on behalf of ameliorating the suffering of the urban poor

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Discrimination Against Working Mothers Is At The Root Of Gender Inequalities

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Written by: Sara Savat-WUSTL

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An impossible standard is at the root of gender inequalities in the workplace, according to two new studies on inflexibility and discrimination against mothers.

 

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How Living On The Coast Is Linked To Poor Health

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Written by: Jackie Cassell, Brighton and Sussex Medical School

How Living On The Coast Is Linked To Poor Health

The precarious economies of many traditional seaside towns have declined still further since the 1970s when an explosion of cheap holiday flights and package tours to Spain and...

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Postal banking could provide free accounts to 21 million Americans who don’t have access to a credit union or community bank

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Written by: Terri Friedline, University of Michigan and Ameya Pawar, University of Chicago

About a quarter of census tracts with a post office don’t have a community bank or credit union branch, suggesting postal banking could provide a financial lifeline to the millions of Americans without a bank account, according to our new research

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Getting Out of Poverty Shouldn’t Be About Luck

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Written by: Adriana Cadena

Getting Out of Poverty Shouldn’t Be About Luck

I grew up in a poor, undocumented family. I was lucky — we got our legal residency, I got an education, and now I have a good job. But no one should have to count on luck.

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Rural Small Towns May Be Green But Unhealthy

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Written by: Chelsea Davis, Iowa State University

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Vulnerable populations in small towns face significantly more public health risks than statewide averages, finds new research in Iowa.

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How Marriage Choices Affect Pay Gap and Inequality

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Written by: Greg Larson, Yale University

How Marriage Choices Affect Pay Gap and Inequality

With stronger complementarities in home production among spouses, highly educated people increasingly marry other highly educated people, while less-educated people increasingly marry other less-educated people

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From the great plague to the 1918 flu, history shows that disease outbreaks make inequality worse

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Written by: Janet Greenlees, Associate Professor of Health History, Glasgow Caledonian University

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In May 2021, virologist Angela Rasmussen reflected how “if the last 18 months have demonstrated anything, it’s that we would do well to remember the lessons of past pandemics as we try to prevent future ones”. This includes ensuring we come out stronger.

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Can We Bemoan Inequality as We Push Policies to Increase It?

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Written by: Dean Baker

Can We Bemoan Inequality as We Push Policies to Increase It?

We know it would be too much to expect that New York Times reporters might have some knowledge of policies that the United States had in place twenty or even ten years ago. After all, that would require some memory or some knowledge of history.

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