Social Mobility

Mind the Gap

Jacob Batchelor | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Social Mobility, Education, Public Schools Education, Occupy Walls Street, Achievement Gap Public Schools, Achievement Gap, Income Gap, Low Income Schools, College News
Jacob Batchelor

Only when we can break the achievement gap and bring even a semblance of equality to high and low-income area public schools can we truly say this country is one in which all are born with an equal chance in the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness.

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Five Facts About Social Mobility

Delia Lloyd | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Social Mobility, Downward Mobility, The American Dream, Lower Class, Middle Class, Social Mobility Education, Social Mobility u.s., Economic Mobility, Income Inequality, Class Conflict, Business News
Delia Lloyd

What a bummer to discover that this great national mythology that's sustained us for so many generations may no longer be true. A spate of recent studies suggests that Americans are no longer upwardly mobile.

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Thoughts on Mobility

Rhoda P. Curtis | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Aging Gracefully, Social Mobility, Aging, Mindfulness, Healthy Living News
Rhoda P. Curtis

When I asked a young friend for an image when I said the word "mobility," he said, "wheels." I thought, "What a descriptive image for that word."

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The State of the Union Is Unequal: 10 Things Presidential Candidates Should Know About Inequality

Sarah Burd-Sharps | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: American Dream, Social Mobility, Income Disparity America, America Poverty, America Democracy Wealth, Wealth Inequality, Presidential Campaign Inequality, America Social Mobility, Inequality Occupy, Income Inequality, Impact News
Sarah Burd-Sharps

As the presidential campaign heats up, here are ten things the candidates should understand about why extreme inequality is toxic for America.

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America's Mobility Problem

Bob Burnett | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Working Poor, Mitt Romney, Social Mobility, Poverty, Barack Obama, Children in Poverty, Robert Reich, Income Inequality, Politics News
Bob Burnett

The truth is, we've become a nation of narcissists. For many Americans -- particularly Republicans -- the core value is not "E pluribus unum" but rather, "What's in it for me?"

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DYING DREAM: Its Harder For Americans To Rise From Lower Rungs

nytimes.com | Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: Social Mobility, Economic Advancement, Economic Depression, American Dream, Economy, American Economy, Employment, Financial Crisis, Europe, U.S. Economy, Politics News

Americans enjoy less economic mobility than their peers in Canada and much of Western Europe. The mobility gap has been widely discussed in academic c...

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How It Really Hurts To Be Poor In America With Poorly Educated Parents

Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Advantage Gap, Social Mobility, Education, Video, Poorly Educated Parents, Poor Students in America, Pew Research Center, Pew Center, Poor Students, Poor American Students, Uneducated Parents, Parent-Kids, Economic Mobility Project, Income Mobility, Economic Mobility, Parents-Toddlers, Education News

Intuitively, a child's academic performance is likely higher if he or she has highly educated parents, and lower if the child has less educated parent...

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Rags to Riches: Who Should Really Care?

Sam Pizzigati | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: 99 Percent, Social Mobility, Inequality, Politics News
Sam Pizzigati

The defenders of privilege just don't seem to get it. In truly decent societies, we measure success by how many people are leading rich, fulfilling lives, not by counting how many people are becoming rich beyond measure.

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Creating an Opportunity Nation

John Bridgeland | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Social Mobility, Poverty, Opportunity, Impact News
John Bridgeland

We know that inequality will always exist -- but inequality without mobility is completely un-American. Creating an opportunity society is again within our reach.

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Poverty Amid Plenty: America's Continuing Shame

David Coates | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Super-Rich, Social Mobility, Unemployment, Poverty, Food Insecurity, Health Care Coverage, Morality, Racial Discrimination, Income Disparity, Politics News
David Coates

To what degree are we all fellow-citizens in this society, and to what degree are we not? Are we one America or are we two? If we are one America, it is surely time to make the alleviation of poverty our number one priority.

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Poverty Amid Plenty - America's Continuing Shame

David Coates | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Ows, Super-Rich, Social Mobility, Unemployment, Poverty, Food Insecurity, Morality, Racial Inequality, Inequality, Politics News
David Coates

If we are one America -- or at least if we want to be one America, united and at social peace -- it is surely time to make the alleviation of poverty our number one priority. Inside the 99 percent, it is surely time to focus hard on the needs of the bottom fifth.

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Jason Linkins

Allen West Gets It Twisted On Economic Mobility In America

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Eat the Press, Social Mobility, Video, Unemployment, Economic Crisis, Rep. Allen West, Allen West, Obama Economy, Economic Mobility, Politics News

I see that Representative Allen West (R-Fla.) has taken exception to President Barack Obama in an email to supporters, saying that the president "does...

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Be Digital to the Core

Naomi Troni | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Creativity, Digital Media, Social Mobility, Consumerism, Twitter, Creative Minds, Advertising, Digital, Branding, Facebook, Business, Location Tracking, Technology News
Naomi Troni

What we've learned in the past decade is that brands that want momentum, relevance and reach must ensure they are digital to the core. That means a lot more than having a cool website.

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Arthur Delaney

The Rules Have Changed

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Social Mobility, Unemployment, Long-Term Unemployment, Economy, The Rules Have Changed, President Obama, Middle Class, Jobs, State of the Union 2011, Business News

On July 17, 2009, Terry Harris of Jonesville, S.C., lost her job as an executive assistant at a promotional products company. The company, she says, w...

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America's Most Segregated Cities

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Population, Social Mobility, Unemployment, Brown v. Board of Education, Segregation, Brown University, Slidepollajax, Integration, Urban Neighborhoods, Florida State University, Dissimilarity Index, Recession, Business News

In three years time, it will have been exactly six decades since the Supreme Court ruled against school segregation in Brown v. Board of Education, pu...

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British Politician: Feminism 'Single Biggest' Reason For Lack Of Jobs

guardian.co.uk | Hélène Mulholland | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Job Market, Social Mobility, Minister of Parliament, Feminist Revolution, British MP, Unemployment Crisis, Conservative, Housewives, David Willetts, Feminism, Recession, Business News

The universities minister David Willetts has been criticised after making comments that appear to blame educated working women for the lack of jobs av...

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Field of Dreams: Explaining Economic Mobility Through Baseball

Mark Olmsted | Posted 05.29.2011

Read More: Tea Party, Downward Mobility, Upward Mobility, Carnegie, American Dream, Social Mobility, Congress, Obama, Middle Class, Vanderbilt, Baseball, Horatio Alger, Politics News
Mark Olmsted

America is galloping backward to a degree of class immobility unseen since pre-World War I Europe. Almost everyone can expect to die now in the same class they were born in.

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Arianna Talks The Two-Party System At IQ2

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Social Mobility, Video, Debate, Bloomberg TV, Panel, Iq2, Upward Mobility, Democrats, Arianna Huffington, Republicans, Politics News
Huff TV

Arianna Huffington didn't pull any punches discussing the two-party system at last night's Intelligence Squared Debate. Arianna's view of the Ameri...

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CLASS WARFARE

Larry Beinhart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Income Distribution, Social Mobility, Education, Class Warfare, Family Income, Class War, Tax Cuts, Union Busting, Third World America, Unions, Progressive Tax Structure, Politics News
Larry Beinhart

We're in a class war. It's the corporations and the very wealthiest against all the rest of us. We're losing. In 1962 the wealthiest 1% of American h...

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Dan Froomkin

Social Immobility: Climbing The Economic Ladder Is Harder In The U.S. Than In Most European Countries

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oecd, Social Mobility, Education, Income Inequality, Segregation, Schools, Politics News

Is America the "land of opportunity"? Not so much. A new report from the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) finds that soc...

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Happy Labor Day to the Unemployed

Erich Origen and Gan Golan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Mobility, American Dream, Third World America, Labor Day, Politics News
Erich Origen and Gan Golan

Can The American Dream be achieved by an individual in isolation? Do we want people to succeed at everyone else's expense? Or is every man's loss -- sooner or later -- every man's loss?

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Why The Elegance of the Hedgehog Is For Grownups

Delia Lloyd | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Concierge, Possibility of Change, Gretchen Rubin, Book Clubs, Junebug, Paris, Happiness Movies, Embracing Change, Social Mobility, Change, The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Female Friendship, Up in the Air, Personality Tests, Bittersweet Endings, Feelbad Feeling, Making a Bold Move, John Edwards, The Happiness Project, Social Class, Love, Two Americas, Muriel Barbery, Parenting, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News
Delia Lloyd

This is a small, intimate novel about an exceedingly well-educated concierge in a Paris apartment building and her relationships. Here are five reasons I think this book is essential reading for grown ups.

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Is Undercover Boss the Most Subversive Show on Television?

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reality Television, Undercover Boss, Unemployment, The Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington, Undercover-Boss, Social Mobility, US Unemployment, Income Inequality, Financial Crisis, Wealth Distribution, Media News
Arianna Huffington

Undercover Boss is the kind of popular entertainment that can start out as one thing but morph into something that turns a spotlight on just how out of touch America's corporate chiefs are.

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Your Unpaid Internship Ate My Social Mobility

Noah Baron | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Aid, Social Mobility, Student Loans, College, Unpaid Internships, Middle Class, College News
Noah Baron

The unpaid internship problem effects all but the most wealthy. The costs involved in an internship, for many of us, are simply too great.

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The Class: Inside the Walls of French Education

Karin Badt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: French Society, Social Mobility, Cannes Film Festival 2008, Sarkozy, Palme D'Or, French Schools, The Class, Cannes Film Festival, French Education System, Nicolas Sarkozy, Entertainment News
Karin Badt

The Class, despite its intentions to show dynamic pedagogy at work, reveals its the opposite: how "learning" in France consists of accumulating "facts."

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