Happiness & Success
Achieving Happiness Through Acceptance of Life
The quest for happiness often leads to frustration, as many fail to realize that the...
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- Written by: Marcia Gentry
About a decade ago, I was working with a large, urban school district on creating a gifted and talented program that would include all kids, regardless of their race or income.
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- Written by: Benjamin Appel and Cyanne E. Loyle
As the U.S. prepares to celebrate another year of its independence, the country is paying renewed attention to the founders, and how their legacy of slavery is linked to systemic racism.
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- Written by: Calvin Schermerhorn
On June 19, 1865 – 155 years ago – black Americans celebrating the day of Jubilee, later known as Juneteenth, may have expected a shot at real opportunity.
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- Written by: Michele Gilman
Long after the COVID-19 health emergency ends, many Americans will still suffer from the long tail of the pandemic’s economic devastation.
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- Written by: Peter C. Mancall
Policymakers are beginning to decide how to reopen the American economy. Until now, they’ve largely prioritized human health
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- Written by: Mark Munn
The jump in federal spending in response to the crisis of the coronavirus pandemic is not a new idea.
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- Written by: Kathryn McKinley
The coronavirus can infect anyone, but recent reporting has shown your socioeconomic status can play a big role, with a combination of job security, access to health care and mobility widening the gap in infection and mortality rates between rich and poor.
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- Written by: Caroline Brooks
Slow internet connections or limited access from homes in rural areas can contribute to students falling behind academically, according to a new study
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- Written by: Brent Evans and Matthew Patrick Shaw
Paying back student loans is not an easy thing to do. One out of every 5 borrowers with outstanding student loan debt has fallen behind their payments.
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- Written by: Tony Cookson
A banking desert is an area without traditional financial institutions and services. They are common in rural areas because large financial institutions are reluctant to operate in less populated areas that are less profitable.
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- Written by: David Salkever
If you thought workers’ hourly pay was finally rising, think again. At first glance, the latest data – which came out on Feb. 7 – look pretty good.
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- Written by: Steven Pressman
It’s hardly surprising that if a Democrat wins the White House, taxes on wealthy Americans and corporations will probably go up. How they’ll go up is the more interesting question.
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- Written by: Richard D. Wolff
What do we mean when we talk about “socialism”? Here are ten things about its theory, practice, and potential that you need to know.
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- Written by: Anand Giridharadas
It’s no secret that the biggest gains in the growing global economy are reaped by the extremely wealthy.
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- Written by: George Lakey
According to Atheendar Venkataramani, the study’s lead author and a professor in the university’s Perelman School of Medicine, economic instability can affect people’s mental well-being and drive up the risk of substance abuse.
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- Written by: Dean Baker
In such a world, a full-time minimum wage worker would be earning $48,000 a year in the United States.
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- Written by: Robert Reich
The same forces that are driving massive inequality between the top 1 percent and the rest of us are creating a vast generational wealth gap between baby boomers — my generation — and millennials.Millennials aren’t teenagers anymore.
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- Written by: Joshua Rivenbark and Candice Odgers
An adolescent’s sense of their own family’s social and economic status is closely linked to that teen’s physical and cognitive health, according to a study of British twins.
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- Written by: Mara Casey Tieken
Rural school closures are causing as much, if not more, upheaval as what’s going on when public schools in Chicago and other cities close.
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- Written by: Ivan Chase
Hermit crabs can teach us about wealth inequality, according to a new study.
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- Written by: Bandy X. Lee
Even though mental illness affects one in five adults – and depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide – secrecy and stigma around the issue continue.
