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Whether the American Dream is centered in economic mobility or personal freedom, many citizens believe its achievement has grown more elusive.
When the benefit people get from owning a home is taken into account, Australia looks more like Canada than Switzerland.
Most Australians earn more than their parents.
But those born into the poorest families face the biggest barriers to improving their lot.
The US military’s switch to an all-volunteer force in 1973 led to a series of magazine ads that sought to portray military service as a way for women and people of color to move up in society.
A scholar of nutrition opens up with a personal take on food insecurity in America.
Under a proposal from a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation initiative, the federal government would collect data on student economic outcomes.
Mexico made internet connectivity a constitutional right in 2013, but most poor people still aren’t online. Research shows that internet access would give these residents more economic mobility.
Since 2016, women’s colleges have seen an uptick in enrollment. We asked the leaders of three women’s colleges – Bryn Mawr, Douglass College and St Kate’s – to explain the attraction.
The global elites are paying attention.
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Dean, Douglass Residential College and Douglass Campus, Rutgers University
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Venable Professor of Law, University of Baltimore
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President, Bryn Mawr College
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President , St Catherine University
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Public Interest Communications, University of Florida
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Associate Professor in Business Ethics, IÉSEG School of Management
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Professor of Economics, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor of Communication Studies, Gonzaga University
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Professor of Nutrition, Texas State University
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Professor of Political Science, Fordham University
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Professor of Social Welfare, Washington University in St. Louis