It Is Expensive to Be Poor – The Atlantic

Minimum-wage jobs are physically demanding, have unpredictable schedules, and pay so meagerly that workers can’t save up enough to move on.

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The Poverty Clinic – The New Yorker

Can a stressful childhood make you a sick adult?

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How Texas Teaches History – NYTimes.com

Grammar matters, especially when textbooks tackle the subject of slavery.

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Income Inequality Grows With Age and Shapes Later Years

The socioeconomic divide helps determine who gets to grow old, researchers have found. Living longer, high earners take home more in federal benefits.

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Inequality thickens as we age–both financial and social poverty grow deeper.

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House Calls To The Homeless: A Doctor Treats Boston’s Most Isolated Patients : Shots – Health News : NPR

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.

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Wonderful work by a Notre Dame alum.  Many of my students have worked with him and/or the Healthcare for the Homeless program in Boston.

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For the Least of Our Brothers: Rethinking Crime and Justice // University of Notre Dame

As Pope Francis visits a Philadelphia prison on his historic trip to the U.S., Notre Dame students engage the local prison population through a unique course on crime and justice.

 

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An incredible course for all those involved.

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Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the U.S.: 2014

In 2014, there was no statistically significant change from 2013 in either real median household income or the official poverty rate.

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Poverty rate holding steady, but more people have health insurance.

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What the Privileged Poor Can Teach Us – The New York Times

How to bottle the advantages of prep school.

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Admission impossible: Preferential option for the poor at Catholic colleges | USCatholic.org

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A strong summary of the situation of admitting low-income students to Catholic colleges and suggestions for change.

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What I learned about selfishness after using the “prisoner’s dilemma” on my college class – Quartz

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Fascinating follow-up to this “controversy”!

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