Tag: blacks

Creating Wealth for the Poor (Especially Young Black Men)

Feb 21, 2006

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by

mwkruse

in Economic Development, Poverty, Race

Creating Wealth for the Poor is an interesting opinion piece by E. J. Dionne, Jr. The article is about how Democrats might advance an agenda that makes a difference in people's lives instead of endless harping about wealth redistribution. Here are a couple of excerpts: That's where the Urban Institute study, "Reconnecting Disadvantaged Young Men,"…
Social Indicators: Ethnicity

Nov 15, 2005

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by

mwkruse

in Demography, Education, Health and Medicine, Poverty, Race, Series: Social Indicators, Wealth and Income

I have avoided giving an extensive analysis of subgroups within American culture during this series on social indicators. I have been focused on trends at the most aggregate level. However, one measure of the quality of life for the whole society is the degree to which each person has an opportunity for a quality of…