Chicago’s Disappearing Middle Class
An animation using Census data makes clear how family income has changed in America's Second City over 40-plus years.
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Where Did ‘Hispanics’ Come From?
Univision and other Spanish-language television broadcasters played a key role in creating the now-common broad classification as a way of attracting advertisers.
Doing Gender With the Face
The “sexy model face” isn’t built into our DNA, bone structure, or psychology, but projected.
Security Guards Outnumber High School Teachers in the United States
Growing inequality in America has been matched by a surge in security guards—for gated communities, upscale residential buildings, and more. That trend—more inequality, more guards—is matched across industrialized countries.
Why Income Inequality Will Likely Keep Getting Worse
Embracing a system based on maximizing the returns to private owners of capital is a mistake for the great majority of working people.
Liberation and the Sanitary Napkin: One Man’s Journey
Arunachalam Muruganantham is a man with a mission.
What’s Wrong With Women’s History Month?
We're only recognizing women who have excelled at what are generally thought to be “masculine” pursuits.
Why Survey Questions Matter: Blasphemy Edition
"As a Faith Driven Consumer, are you satisfied with a Biblically themed movie — designed to appeal to you — which replaces the Bible’s core message with one created by Hollywood?"