States are disproportionately subsidizing schools whose students are wealthier, whiter.
inequality
Posted inEducation, Featured, Higher Education
My Journey from Kentucky’s Rural Poverty to Wellesley — and Across the Empathy Gap
“My story embodies the idea that education is freedom.”
Posted inEconomy
Which Federal Programs Best Reduce Poverty?
As many as 1 in 5 Americans would be in poverty without Social Security and tax credits for the working poor.
Posted inRepublic 3.0
A 21st Century Square Deal
This practical three-part blueprint will restore U.S. growth and opportunity.
Posted inThe Grade
Fellowship Program Recruits Journalists With Hardship Experience
How this fellowship is working to improve coverage of poverty and inequality.
Posted inEconomy
The Real Roots of Class Rage
Anger over inequality is not about the “one percent.” Growing inequality within the middle class may be what’s really driving populism.
Posted inEconomy
How to Solve the Crisis in Black Unemployment
Adding 1.1 million new minority entrepreneurs would add 9 million sorely needed jobs to the U.S. economy.
Posted inRepublic 3.0
The Monthly Interview: The Man Who Reinvented Public Housing
Working for President Nixon, Malcolm Peabody helped launch the creation of Housing Choice Vouchers, one of the few anti-poverty programs with enduring bipartisan support.
Posted inThe Grade
Inequality Project Needs More School Stories & Contributors Of Color
Another week, another new journalism fellowship program
Posted inCover, Economy, June/July/August 2016, Magazine, The Monopolized Economy
Populism With a Brain
Ten old/new ideas to give power back to the people.
