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For the poor in the Ivy League, a full ride isn’t always what they imagined
Money pressures lead many to scrimp on textbooks, meals and other expenses. To reach the Ivy League after growing up...
The persistence of the reality gap matters | MSNBC
Has unemployment gone up or down in the Obama era? There's an objective truth, which Republican voters choose not to...
Poor white kids are less likely to go to prison than rich black kids
What's more, even young black people who follow the rules and are never incarcerated are less likely than similar white people to accumulate wealth...
9 charts showing Americans never recovered from the Great Recession: If you are wondering why people are so angry look no further.
The press is somewhat baffled as to why Americans are so angry this year. The stock market seems to be doing fine (too bad most Americans don’t own...
College sports exploits unpaid black athletes
Disproportionately black football and basketball players are making disproportionately white administrators and coaches rich. On Monday night,...
Trevor Noah’s on Obama and Gun Control
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Get More: The Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on Facebook,The Daily Show Video Archive My Comments: What you...
What It’s Like to Be Black at Google
Black employees at the tech giant are building their own community in an industry known for its lack of diversity. It’s a challenge for African...
History Repeats Itself With Backlash Against Black Empowerment – The Root
The shortest walk through African-American history shows that the white American response to any kind of Black Power flexing has always been the...
Racism in the classroom: the “soft bigotry of low expectations” is just regular bigotry
Even when asked about the same student, black teachers have higher expectations for black students than white teachers do. When black teachers and...
Black poverty differs from white poverty
And a radical idea for what to do about it. The poverty that poor African Americans experience is often different from the poverty of poor whites....
The 7 Most Common Caribbean Myths and Stereotypes
The Caribbean is a vibrant collection of people, cultures, sights and sounds. Yet those various layers of the region are often lost behind...