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/
NJ Kids Poorer This Year Than Last, More Families Slip Below Poverty Line
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.
Bill Would Enforce Environmental Justice, Keep Polluters out of Poor Urban Areas
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/
Black Voters in NJ Turned Out in Largest Percentage for 2012 Presidential Bid
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.
The End Of Upward Mobility
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.
Cost of resiliency in kids uncovered
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.
Parent input ignored in school closings in U.S.
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.
Editorial: A Failure to Police Chemical Plants
The poor and minorities remain vulnerable to accidents involving toxic materials. Therefore, the E.P.A. should strengthen regulations.
How Chicago’s Housing Crisis Ignited a New Form of Activism
An innovative campaign to move “homeless people into people-less homes.”
Former E.P.A. Administrator Joins Apple
Lisa P. Jackson, who oversaw some of the administration’s biggest environmental initiatives, will serve as the company’s senior environmental adviser.