Monthly Archives: October 2015

Empathy from reading a story prompts helping another person. Source: Empathy and Fiction | Psychology Today

“Can you play?”I observed the girl at my door cautiously. It was the summer of 1999; I was 7 years old and in need of a friend. Although my three older brothers let me join in on their games, I … Continue reading →

Once they’ve grown up, African American children are more likely than their white counterparts to backslide into a lower economic group. Source: How Black Middle-Class Kids Become Poor Adults

Minimum-wage jobs are physically demanding, have unpredictable schedules, and pay so meagerly that workers can’t save up enough to move on. Source: It Is Expensive to Be Poor – The Atlantic

Can a stressful childhood make you a sick adult? Source: The Poverty Clinic – The New Yorker

Grammar matters, especially when textbooks tackle the subject of slavery. Source: How Texas Teaches History – NYTimes.com

The socioeconomic divide helps determine who gets to grow old, researchers have found. Living longer, high earners take home more in federal benefits. Source: Income Inequality Grows With Age and Shapes Later Years Inequality thickens as we age–both financial and … Continue reading →