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- Abduction, peonage, slavery, trafficking
- Criminal Injustice
- Exploitation
- Housing and Homelessness
- Inequality
- Poverty
- "Deposit advances" (payday loans from banks)
A small but growing number of banks, including some major players, have been offering the equivalent of payday loans, calling them "deposit advances" with triple-digit percentage interest rates - or rather, fees, so no interest disclosure is needed
- "No justice, no peace" - citizens action in Eastern NC and in Philadelphia
"No Justice, No Peace" and the Right to Self-Determination: An Interview with Gary Grant and Naeema Muhammed of the North Carolina Environmental Justice Network. Craig Slatin and Madeleine Kangsen Scammell Abstract: "This is an interview with Gary Grant and Naeema Muhammed, leaders of the North Carolina Environmental Justice Network. Each of them talks about where they grew up, their politicization, how their paths crossed, their work together after Hurricane Floyd, and the unique challenges of organizing for social justice for black communities in the South. We learn of their fight against concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), primarily for the hog trade, and they take us up to North Carolina's Moral Monday protests of 2013 against legislation that threatens voting rights, public education, access to medical services, unemployment benefits, workers rights, occupational and environmental health, and women's access to reproductive health care. We are grateful to these two friends of New Solutions for their contribution to the journal, and we hope that their insights regarding struggles for social and environmental justice can serve as guides for us all." NEW SOLUTIONS: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy 2014;24(2):203 - 229 See also other work by Gary Grant, in People | Individuals
- A lifetime of punishment: The impact of the felony drug ban on welfare benefits
2013 by The Sentencing Project, sentencingproject.org
- BBC - A richer world, but for whom
A series of brief videos about poverty and income inequality around the world.
- Candice Odgers - Living alongside more affluent neighbors predicts greater involvement in antisocial behavior among low-income boys
Living alongside more affluent neighbors predicts greater involvement in antisocial behavior among low-income boys. Candice L. Odgers, Sachiko Donley, Avshalom Caspi, Christopher J. Bates, and Terrie E. Moffitt Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Published online: 22 Jan 2015
- Daniel Kahneman et al. - Would You Be Happier If You Were Richer? A Focusing Illusion
Would You Be Happier If You Were Richer? A Focusing Illusion Daniel Kahneman, Alan B. Krueger, David Schkade, et al. Science 30 June 2006;312:1908-1910 Abstract: The belief that high income is associated with good mood is widespread but mostly illusory. People with above-average income are relatively satisfied with their lives but are barely happier than others in moment-to-moment experience, tend to be more tense, and do not spend more time in particularly enjoyable activities. Moreover, the effect of income on life satisfaction seems to be transient. We argue that people exaggerate the contribution of income to happiness because they focus, in part, on conventional achievements when evaluating their life or the lives of others.
- Far from convention lights, life in Cleveland, Mississippi
Kai Ryssdal and Tommy Andres, Marketplace, 7/15/2016 As part of our collaborative series with PBS NewsHour and Frontline called "How the Deck is Stacked," we're examining how race, poverty and economic mobility intersect in America.
- Growing Inequality: Bridging Complex Systems, Population Health and Health Disparities
In fall 2010, scholars from across the United States and Canada gathered at the University of Michigan to commit themselves to collaborating for the next four and a half years on a new approach to understanding the health of disadvantaged Americans. With support from the Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research (OBSSR) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), they formed the Network on Inequality, Complexity and Health (NICH). This book developed through that collaboration.
- James J. Heckman - Skill Formation and the Economics of Investing in Disadvantaged Children
Skill Formation and the Economics of Investing in Disadvantaged Children James J. Heckman. Science 30 June 2006;312:1900-1902 Abstract: This paper summarizes evidence on the effects of early environments on child, adolescent, and adult achievement. Life cycle skill formation is a dynamic process in which early inputs strongly affect the productivity of later inputs.
- Just Deserts
Being poor in the United States has rarely meant anything so simple as having too little money.
Jennifer Szalai, November 19, 2013 | This article appeared in the December 9, 2013 edition of The Nation.
- Lifecourse impact of childhood adversity on psychopathology
Charlotte Clark et al., Does the influence of childhood adversity on psychopathology persist across the lifecourse? A 45-year prospective epidemiologic study. Annals of Epidemiol 2010(May);20(5):385-394.
- NPR - After Factory Plant Closures, Job Loss, A Small N.Y. Town Struggles To Bounce Back (11 min)
After Factory Plant Closures, Job Loss, A Small N.Y. Town Struggles To Bounce Back 10:41, April 17, 20168:00 AM ET. Heard on Weekend Edition Sunday Transcript available. Located on the St. Lawrence River in the northernmost part of NY State, Massena used to be a big factory town. It was home to Alcoa, Reynolds and GM plants. But almost a decade ago, when aluminum operations downsized, GM closed its powertrain plant and 500 jobs were lost.
- ProPublica - The Color of Debt: How Collection Suits Squeeze Black Neighborhoods
The Color of Debt: How Collection Suits Squeeze Black Neighborhoods Our first-of-its-kind analysis shows that the suits are far more common in black communities than white ones. by Paul Kiel and Annie Waldman, ProPublica October 8, 2015 Reporter Paul Kiel was featured in a segment of the radio program This American Life. Listen to the story of how racial disparities in debt collection lawsuits impacted an entire neighborhood. http://www.thisamericanlife.org
- ProPublica - Unforgiven The Long Life of Debt
- Old Debts, Fresh Pain: Weak Laws Offer Debtors Little Protection, by Paul Kiel, ProPublica, and Chris Arnold, NPR, Sep. 16, 2014 - Unseen Toll: Wages of Millions Seized to Pay Past Debts, by Paul Kiel, ProPublica, and Chris Arnold, NPR, Sep. 15, 2014 - For Lenders, Gaps in Federal Law Make Suing Soldiers Easy, by Paul Kiel, ProPublica, July 25, 2014 - (more)
- See also Racism, sexism, stereotyping, hate groups / Racialized perception, racial bias, racism
- Segregation in America
Report and digital exhibit by the Equal Justice Initiative America’s history of racial inequality continues to haunt us. The genocide of Native people, 250-year enslavement of black people, adoption of “racial integrity laws” that demonized ethnic immigrants and people of color, and enforcement of policies and practices designed to perpetuate white supremacy are all part of our difficult past. This country has witnessed great triumph, innovation, and progress, but we are burdened by a painful history that we have yet to adequately acknowledge.
- The Past Isn’t Past: The Economic Case for Reparations
The Past Isn’t Past: The Economic Case for Reparations, by Joshua Holland, Moyers & Co, June 4, 2014
- This Summer, The Cafeteria Comes To The Kids
This Summer, The Cafeteria Comes To The Kids June 09, 2015 3:42 AM ET Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio, WPLN
- Wen Stephenson - Ground zero in the fight for climate justice
The article discusses the climate (or environmental) justice movement, in the U.S. Following the work of sociologist Robert Bullard and Port Arthur, Texas activist Hilton Kelley, the article discusses the impact of oil refineries, severe weather, and ocean level change on poor and minority neighborhoods which often have the least recourse and have been hardest hit by climate change and environmental degradation.The Nation, June 23/30, 2014, p16