http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/lTZQ5vfrL3k/130509184817.htm
New research shows that growing up in areas where air pollution is increased raises the risk of insulin resistance (the precursor to diabetes) in children.

http://wagingnonviolence.org/2013/05/the-scandal-of-white-complicity/

by Nathan Schneider

In the national Catholic magazine America, I’ve just published a short review of an important new book with a long title: The Scandal of White Complicity in U.S. Hyper-Incarceration: A White Spirituality of Resistance. It’s an effort by three Catholic thinkers to articulate the depth of white complicity in this country’s massive, highly racialized prison system and to outline an approach to resistance grounded in Catholic social thought.
Read more here:

http://americamagazine.org/issue/culture/criminal-injustice-system

Jason Richwine’s dissertation has provoked a firestorm in the media. Many people find it shocking that Harvard professors would approve a dissertation that argues that Hispanics have lower innate intelligence than native-born whites….
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/racismreview/nYnz/~3/N_B2q_IKj2c/

http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/13/05/22/more-children-living-in-poverty/
Detailing rising unemployment and housing costs, annual survey offers bleak assessment of state still reeling from recession.

A new measure could make it much tougher to add more sources of pollution to “burdened” communities.
http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/13/05/14/bill-would-enforce-environmental-justice-keep-polluters-out-of-poor-urban-areas/

http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/13/05/08/presidential-voting-by-race/
NJ results are part of a national trend charted in a report just released by the U.S. Census Bureau.

http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/13/05/13/the-end-of-upward-mobility/
Our current extreme economic division raises social as well as economic threats.

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/iUlrlkAcmsg/130530132439.htm

Children living in poverty who appear to succeed socially may be failing biologically. Students able to overcome the stress of growing up poor are labeled "resilient" because of their ability to overcome adversity, but researchers found this resiliency has health costs that last well into adulthood.

http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/a3xZvmaP950/130530094952.htm

Officials who close neighborhood schools in poor, urban areas often ignore parents’ input, which only reinforces the ‘institutionalized racism that plagues U.S. schools,’ a scholar argues.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/02/opinion/sunday/a-failure-to-police-chemical-plants.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The poor and minorities remain vulnerable to accidents involving toxic materials. Therefore, the E.P.A. should strengthen regulations.