Author Archives: Connie Mick

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 →

James O’Connell refers to himself as a “street doctor.” Since 1985, he has cared for homeless patients, sometimes making visits on park benches or in alleys. His memoir is Stories from the Shadows. Source: House Calls To The Homeless: A … Continue reading →

In 2014, there was no statistically significant change from 2013 in either real median household income or the official poverty rate. Source: Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the U.S.: 2014 Poverty rate holding steady, but more people have … Continue reading →

How to bottle the advantages of prep school. Source: What the Privileged Poor Can Teach Us – The New York Times

Source: Admission impossible: Preferential option for the poor at Catholic colleges | USCatholic.org A strong summary of the situation of admitting low-income students to Catholic colleges and suggestions for change.

Source: What I learned about selfishness after using the “prisoner’s dilemma” on my college class – Quartz Fascinating follow-up to this “controversy”!