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☆ Meet the 'forgotten middle' of Americans over 75 about to face a rocky retirement
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The 'Forgotten Middle' group might face difficulties affording necessary housing and care. AdvertisementA crisis is ballooning for middle Americans of retirement age. ”They focused on the potentially bleak financial futures of what they term the "Forgotten Middle." AdvertisementThat “Forgotten Middle” group is only expected to get bigger and more diverse. A University of Southern California and Columbia University analysis found that homeownership rates for lower-income “Forgotten Middle” Americans have fallen by 31% from 1994 to 2018.

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☆ Why Reparations For Slavery Are Long Overdue - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Maura Cheeks | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

In my debut novel, a family retraces their lineage in order to be eligible for the nation’s first federal reparations program for Black Americans. The idea that the United States could ever collectively support a national reparations policy for Black people seemed, well, the stuff of fiction. Since then, reparations task forces and commissions have been created in California, Illinois, New York and Pennsylvania. To address systemic inequalities rooted in federal law, a federal reparations policy is required. I decided to write about reparations after researching the racial wealth gap, the statistics of which continue to paint a picture of widespread systemic failure.

Persons: Jim Crow Organizations: Black Americans, Consumer Finances, National Association of Realtors, White Americans, White Locations: Evanston, Ill, United States, California , Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, State

☆ The relentless focus on White Christian nationalism is spreading a racist myth
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( John Blake | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

That’s how critics have described White Christian nationalism, a deviant strain of religion that has infected the political mainstream. But there is another cost to the spread of White Christian nationalism that no one mentions. The relentless coverage of White Christian nationalism is spreading a racist myth: that Whiteness is the default setting for evangelical Christianity. In a February 2023 survey, nearly two-thirds of White evangelical Protestants qualified as sympathizers or adherents to Christian nationalism. However, he rejects the political beliefs associated with White Christian nationalism.

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☆ Opinion: The meaning of Black History Month on campus following the ouster of Harvard’s president
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Opinion Khalil Gibran Muhammad | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Black History Month, which gets underway this week, is a chance to give Americans the timely reminder that you can’t teach our history honestly without understanding Black struggle and triumph. There are few aspects of America’s past that haven’t been impacted by conscientious Black people and their resistance to systemic racism and illiberal democracy. The situation at Harvard has been made more dire by the university’s failure to push back sufficiently against broader political attacks. Another vocal critic of Penslar is the former Harvard president Lawrence Summers, who was also an outspoken opponent of Gay’s. As an academic institution, we should be leading the resistance to these assaults on higher education, not bowing to them.

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☆ The ‘mainstreaming’ of ‘hateful and dehumanizing rhetoric’ in right-wing media is leading to violence, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

These are the toxic themes espoused in right-wing media, delivered each day through a mix of internet pipelines and broadcasts to millions of homes across the country. It’s part of a larger trend of right-wing violence afflicting the country. And it proliferates on social media platforms, where right-wing extremists maintain a loud presence and boast millions of followers. Rarely will you see a segment about the information crisis on the evening news or delivered prominently via other vessels of mainstream media. The language they use, she said, “winks at,” “nurtures,” and “flirts with violence,” but also offers them just enough “plausible deniability” when things go south.

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☆ Obama shared his vision of America at his first inauguration. Some still believe
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( John Blake | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

It went across all visual types.”Elizabeth Alexander recites a poem during President Obama's swearing-in ceremonies at the US Capitol on January 20, 2009. She had grown up in DC, and that inauguration day was a homecoming for her. “I’m sure that some people expected too much,” says Wear, the former Obama campaign worker, of Obama’s vision. The fact of the matter is, that (inauguration) day happened, and millions of people were there. We will have a better idea on another inauguration day — in January of 2025.

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ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump used his social media platform Friday to mock Nikki Haley 's birth name, the latest example of the former president keying on race and ethnicity to attack people of color, especially his political rivals. She has always gone by her middle name, “Nikki.” She took the surname “Haley” upon her marriage in 1996. Haley has dismissed Trump's latest attacks as proof that she threatens his bid for a third consecutive nomination. Trump has a long history of using race, ethnicity and immigrant heritage as a cudgel. He was born in Hawaii, though Trump spent years asserting Obama had manufactured the story and a birth certificate to support it.

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☆ Opinion | Full Employment Is Good for Society
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Paul Krugman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

By then, he had come to see fighting for economic equality as a crucial part of the struggle for civil rights. By many measures, the economic divide between Black and white Americans was as wide in the late 2010s as it was in the late 1960s. The good news: Over the past few years, we’ve seen a significant decline in inequality on multiple dimensions, including a narrowing of the gap between Black and white Americans. Did the racial economic gap persist so long because the civil rights movement failed to make any progress against racism and discrimination? Overt racial discrimination has become relatively rare — partly because of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 — and implicit discrimination has probably declined, because we are a less racist society than we were.

Persons: Martin Luther King Jr, we’ve Organizations: Civil Locations: Memphis

☆ Christian Nationalists Could Put Trump Back in the White House: Expert
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +19 min

In the US, the immediate crisis is the phenomenon of Donald Trump and the strong conservative Christian support for Trump, which continues to this day. Can you tell me a little bit more about the reasons that you've found why Donald Trump has such a significant base among Christian conservatives? What's interesting is evangelicals have had to learn how to hold their nose and support Trump. There are state-level Christian theocrats who are in some ways implementing as much of an authoritarian reactionary Christian agenda as they can. And when this ferocious backlash begins on the white Christian side, it's very tightly connected to the civil rights era.

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☆ Opinion | This Is the Actual Danger Posed by D.E.I.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( David French | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

There are few national conversations more frustrating than the fight over D.E.I. has become yet another catchall boogeyman, a stand-in not just for actual policies or practices designed to increase diversity, but also a scapegoat for unrelated crises. The idea, if it can be called that, was that efforts to diversify airline work forces had contributed to the accident. In fact, the airline industry is much safer than it was when it was a virtually all-white enterprise decades ago. But that’s not the entire story when it comes to controversy over D.E.I.

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☆ I'm an American living in Mexico. I've seen the effects gentrification has on the locals and wish other expats would stop doing these 5 things here.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( Ananya Vahal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

He says Americans moving to Mexico need to stop staying in older Airbnb units among other things. AdvertisementThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jeremy Albelda, a 36-year-old entrepreneur living in Mexico City. Here are some things that other Americans moving to Mexico should stop doing. Make an effort to learn Spanish and you'll help improve the overall image of remote workers and tourists. Stop staying in older Airbnb unitsOlder Airbnb unit owners usually displaced a local resident to turn it into an Airbnb.

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☆ Jobless rate for Black Americans declines to 5.2% to end 2023 on a positive note
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-05 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

A networking and hiring event for professionals of color in Minneapolis, MN. Michael Siluk | Getty ImagesThe unemployment rate for Black Americans fell significantly in December, closing out 2023 on a positive note, according to data released Friday by the Department of Labor. Black Americans, the group with the highest jobless percentage in the country, saw their unemployment rate dip to 5.2% last month from 5.8% in November. Still, that's higher than the overall unemployment rate, which held at 3.7% last month, as well as the 3.5% jobless rate for white Americans.

Persons: Michael Siluk Organizations: Black, Department of Labor Locations: Minneapolis , MN

☆ Baby boomers did one big thing we should all be grateful for
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-02 | by ( Andy Kiersz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

The boomers had it great, the argument goes, but then they went and screwed it all up. For one thing, baby boomers didn't have it easy: The America they grew up in was poorer, less educated, less healthy, and more unfair than the society we live in today. To better understand how individuals and families are experiencing the economy, it's important to look at wages, income, and wealth. Boomers have consistently passed laws to make building housing harder, leaving the country with a structural housing deficit. Beyond the economy, the boomers have handed off other deep problems that the younger generations will have to solve.

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☆ Unemployment among Asian workers and Black men rises in November while the overall rate declines
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-08 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesThe labor market deteriorated for both Asian and Black workers in November, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Department of Labor. The overall unemployment rate declined 0.2% to 3.7% last month, against a forecast that it would hold steady at 3.9%. Overall, the labor force participation rate ticked up to 62.8% alongside a surge of 532,000 workers into the labor force. For white Americans, the jobless rate fell 0.2 percentage points to 3.3%. Hispanic Americans also saw their unemployment rate slip 0.2 percentage points to 4.6%.

Persons: Spencer Platt Organizations: Oculus, Getty, U.S . Department of Labor Locations: Manhattan , New York City

☆ Parenting tips from a dad who’s fostered 36 kids — by himself
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Lucy Handley | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Right now, he's caring for kids aged two, three, seven, eight, 10, 17 and 19 years old, three of whom are his adopted children. "I grew up [the] poor of the poorest," Mutabazi told CNBC by video call. Becoming a solo foster fatherIt wasn't until he was 43 that Mutabazi became a foster dad. Now, on top of being a foster dad, he runs the Now I Am Known Foundation, where he does room makeovers for teenagers. Mutabazi told CNBC.

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☆ Opinion | The Senate Is Getting Less Democratic by the Minute
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Jamelle Bouie | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

62, you should consider it a concession to the political realities of the moment:A government founded on principles more consonant to the wishes of the larger States, is not likely to be obtained from the smaller States. The most populous states — including not only California, but New York, Illinois, Florida and Texas — tend to be the most diverse states, with a large proportion of nonwhite residents. The smallest states by population — like Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire — tend to be the least diverse. And the structure of the Senate tends to amplify the power of residents in smaller states and weaken the power of those in larger states. The second and more important problem is that the modern Senate isn’t the one the framers designed in 1787.

Persons: James Madison, John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, Madison Organizations: Washington Post, Philadelphia Convention Locations: Philadelphia, Madison, Virginia, Delaware, Wyoming, California, New York , Illinois, Florida, Texas, Maine , Vermont, New Hampshire

☆ In 1916, the US began forcing Mexicans crossing the southern border to take kerosene baths. That tactic was later studied by the Nazis.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Dearbea Walker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

In 1916, the US began forcing Mexicans that crossed the border to bathe in a mix of kerosene and vinegar. A US immigration officer talks to Mexicans in El Paso, Texas, 1916. El Paso was considered to have the ideal dry, warm climate to combat tuberculosis, and so, multiple sanatoriums were built in the city. AdvertisementAdvertisementAs a result, Mexicans and Mexican Americans who lived along the border developed a deep fear of the baths, Levya said. In total, the government is thought to have bathed 127,123 Mexicans at the bridge between Juárez and El Paso.

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☆ Infant Deaths Have Risen for the First Time in 20 Years
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Roni Caryn Rabin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The number of American babies who died before their first birthdays rose last year, significantly increasing the nation’s infant mortality rate for the first time in two decades, according to provisional figures released Wednesday by the National Center for Health Statistics. The spike is a somber manifestation of the state of maternal and child health in the United States. Infant and maternal mortality, inextricably linked, are widely considered to be markers of a society’s overall health, and America’s rates are higher than those in other industrialized countries. Their infants face up to double the risk of dying, compared with white and Hispanic babies. Overall life expectancy has declined in the United States in recent years, too, affecting white Americans as well as people of color.

Organizations: National Center for Health Statistics Locations: United States

☆ Can you ask someone how much they pay in rent? An ethicist, philosopher and etiquette expert weigh in
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Aditi Shrikant | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Depending on how well you know them, questions about those personal details can seem forward, if not downright rude. "Asking someone how much they pay for housing is a proxy for asking them how wealthy they are," she says. Asking someone how much they pay for housing is a proxy for asking them how wealthy they are. Anita Allen Professor, University of PennsylvaniaThat's why, Allen says, she would only ask if she "knew them very well." 'We are having a housing crisis nationally'A 'For Rent' sign is posted near a home on February 07, 2022 in Houston, Texas.

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☆ Opinion | Donald Trump and Christian Nationalism
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Pretending that Christian enthusiasm for Donald Trump is just some kind of mass psychosis or mob mentality may allow some Christians like Mr. French to feel better about themselves and their churches. But they need to confront a deeper truth: There is something compromised at the core of the white American Christian tradition. Mr. Trump is amoral and irreligious. The only explanation is that Mr. Trump and evangelicals have a symbiotic relationship that puts both in positions of power and influence. Andrew J. SparbergOceanside, N.Y.To the Editor:This column reminded me of when Donald Trump said: “I consider it a great badge of honor.

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☆ Opinion | The Deep Roots of Republican Dysfunction
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Jamelle Bouie | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

This has at least two major implications for the internal workings of the Democratic Party. If you take the internal dynamics of the Democratic Party and invert them, you get something like those within the Republican Party. Outside a handful of environments, found in largely Democratic states like Maryland and Massachusetts, moderate Republican politicians are virtually extinct. But more than the number of conservatives is the character of the conservatism that dominates the Republican Party. The Republican Party exists almost entirely for the promotion of a distinct and doctrinaire ideology of hierarchy and anti-government retrenchment.

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☆ Opinion | Why Big Money Can’t Easily Change Campus Politics
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Ross Douthat | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +11 min

First, Jewish donors probably can’t win the identity politics game. But this strategy also has inherent limits, insofar as the free speech protected by campus administrators is only as diverse as the people who are speaking. Which brings us to the second point for would-be reshapers of the university: If you can’t influence faculty hiring and tenure, you may be wasting your money. Will the University of Pennsylvania miss the collection of major donors who’ve denounced the school in the past week? But not with the goal of using such student groups as a means of conflict with the administration or the faculty.

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☆ CNN Poll: Americans overwhelmingly side with autoworkers in ongoing union strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Ariel Edwards-Levy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Americans overwhelmingly side with unionized autoworkers in their ongoing strike against major car companies, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, even as most say that elected officials should steer clear of labor disputes. Support for the striking workers is particularly robust among Democrats (56% sympathize strongly), members of union households (57%) and self-described liberals (61%). The effects of the United Auto Workers union strike have been relatively limited for American consumers so far. There’s a slightly more pronounced racial divide, with 79% of White Americans saying things have gotten harder financially, compared with 68% of Americans of color who feel the same. A 64% majority of Americans say that the GOP-led House committees investigating Biden are mostly using the investigations to gain political advantage, compared with 36% who say they are mostly conducting objective investigations.

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☆ Meet Frank Waln, the Sicangu Lakota hip hop artist bringing Indigenous culture to the American music scene
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Alaa Elassar | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Sicangu Lakota rapper Frank Waln is bringing Indigenous culture to the American music scene. Weaving Indigenous culture into American musicWaln was 7 years old when he found himself mesmerized by an old black piano sitting in his second grade classroom. He centers nearly every song around the instrument, and often the drums, both fundamental components of Indigenous music. “I want to create my own genre that’s rooted in Native music, Native culture and Native sound, that also becomes a space for other Native musicians who don’t have a place in American entertainment and music culture,” he said. Deanna Dent/ReutersDespite his extensive accomplishments – including three Native American Music Awards – Waln measures his success differently.

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☆ A landmark marijuana bill is headed to the Senate floor
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

New York CNN —The Senate Banking Committee approved a historic marijuana banking bill last week that breaks barriers between financial institutions and cannabis companies. The legislative road ahead is tough, despite the bipartisan majority in committee, but this bill could redefine the business of marijuana. A cannabis business owner drove from Portland to Salem to deliver his taxes, and he had a backpack with $70,000 cash in it. Shutting down its DVD business could help Netflix better focus resources as it expands into new markets such as gaming as well as live and interactive content. Its DVD business has also declined significantly in recent years.

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