epub |eng | 2010-09-21 | Author:Michele Norris [Norris, Michele]

10 The War at Home EVEN AFTER LEARNING ABOUT the incident at the Pythian Temple, I still don’t know exactly what role my father’s status as a veteran may have ...

epub, azw3 |eng | 2017-03-13 | Author:Sitaraman, Ganesh [Sitaraman, Ganesh]

THE GLORIOUS YEARS The New Deal and World War II ushered in an era of middle-class growth and economic equality, which economists Claudia Goldin and Robert Margo have called “the ...

epub |eng | 2005-09-13 | Author:Jonathan Kozol

Idols crumble. New ones are erected and then crumble too. In Houston, Texas, which for several years had been promoted to the nation as “a pillar of the so-called Texas ...

epub |eng | 2014-10-07 | Author:Bob Herbert [Herbert, Bob]

8 Poverty and Public Education Even young babies growing up in low-income neighborhoods already evidence elevated chronic stress. —Researchers GARY EVANS, JEANNE BROOKS-GUNN, AND PAMELA KATO KLEBANOV The warmth generated ...

epub |eng | 2017-05-22 | Author:Reeves, Richard V. & Reeves, Richard V. [Reeves, Richard V.]

FIGURE 6-1 The $70 Billion Benefit: Tax Deductions for Affluent Homeowners Source: Urban Institute, “Who Benefits from Asset-Building Tax Subsidies,” September 2014 (www.urban.org/sites/default/files/alfresco/publication-pdfs/413241-Who-Benefits-from-Asset-Building-Tax-Subsidies-.PDF). Data tabulated for 2013. The IRS is ...

epub |eng | 2013-11-07 | Author:Sara Wakefield & Christopher Wildeman [Wakefield, Sara]

6 PARENTAL INCARCERATION AND CHILD HOMELESSNESS IN CHAPTERS 4 and 5, we detailed the effects of paternal incarceration on childhood mental health and behavioral problems and infant mortality. Here, we ...

epub |eng | 2009-01-16 | Author:Howe, Neil, Strauss, William [Howe, Neil]

epub |eng | 2013-08-13 | Author:Mander, Jerry [Mander, Jerry]

For the entire four hours or more per day that the average person is watching television, the repetitive process of constructing images out of dots, following scans, and vibrating with ...

epub, mobi |eng | 1985-08-28 | Author:Mayhew, Henry [Mayhew, Henry]

600 Horses, at 25l. each 15,000 600 Sets of harness, at 2l. per set 1,200 600 Ladders, at 5s. each 150 1,200 Baskets, at 2s. each 120 1,200 Shovels, at ...

epub |eng | 2013-09-17 | Author:Jody Raphael

[8] Denial’s Effects Dangerous Indifference Rather than providing the same kind of ready sympathy, support, and services afforded other victims of violent crime, too many of our institutions—including police, church, ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2009-01-02 | Author:Nujood Ali;Delphine Minoui;Linda Coverdale [Coverdale, Nujood Ali;Delphine Minoui;Linda]

Back home, I realized I would have to act quickly if I wanted to get rid of that man and avoid being dragged back to Khardji. Five days passed, five ...

epub |eng | 2010-01-02 | Author:Richard Wilkinson & Kate Pickett [Wilkinson, Richard & Pickett, Kate]

epub |eng | 2012-12-21 | Author:Paul Butler

Tommy I waited in silence. It was cool beneath this high-domed ceiling, and there was a tingle in the soft breeze that had somehow made its way into the Cathedral. ...

epub |eng | 2017-05-09 | Author:Janet Capron

The next day, Sunday, I found myself trying to fix a hangover along with my two neighbors Angelica and Cissy. I knew my phone wasn’t going to ring; my book ...

epub |eng | | Author:Emma Jackson

11 Friends and Enemies ‘I CAN’T,’ I said. ‘I’m going out.’ Mum and Dad both stopped stuffing their faces with eggs and bacon and stared at me. ‘What d’you mean?’ ...