CCF’s Weekly Media Roundup by Steve Mintz, July 6, 2018

CCF Briefing

1. Most black males reach the middle class or higher.
2. Black men are succeeding in America
3. Why your pool’s lifeguard is more likely to be a senior citizen
4. Being Poor Can Mean Losing a Driver’s License. Not Anymore in Tennessee.
5. Criminal Convictions Behind Them, Few Have Had Their Records Sealed
6. The Children of the Tiger Parents
7. Invest in Our Children
8. Why Young Women Might Get More Women Elected
9. Can the Catholic Church ‘Evolve’ on L.G.B.T. Rights?
10. Trump Politicized Children. Democrats Should Empower Them.
11. Mental Health of Children in Australian Detention Center Reaches ‘Crisis Point’
12. Instead of a Ban, Transgender Military Recruits Hit Endless Red Tape
13. Americans Are Having Fewer Babies. They Told Us Why.
14. Is it great to be a worker in the U.S.? Not compared with the rest of the developed world.
15. When the Poor Turn Against the Poor
16. Say Hello to Full Employment
17. My Parents Still Struggle to Know Me After I Transitioned Late
18. How Twitter Became Home to the Teen Status Update
19. What Petty Nextdoor Posts Reveal About America
20. He Called Older Employees ‘Dead Wood.’ Two Sued for Age Discrimination and Took Back Their Jobs.
21. A Sibling Fight Survival Guide
22. When She Earns More: Old Ideas About Gender Roles Still Cause Stress
23. Fresh Proof That Strong Unions Help Reduce Income Inequality
24. Women Outlive Men. Why Do They Retire Earlier?
25. Support for Gender Equality

1. Most black males reach the middle class or higher.

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900023481/most-black-males-reach-the-middle-class-or-higher-heres-what-drives-their-success.html

Here’s what drives their success

2. Black men are succeeding in America

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/03/opinions/good-news-for-black-men-in-america-opinion-wilcox-wang-mincy/index.html

First, the share of black men in poverty has fallen from 41% in 1960 to 18% today. Second, and more importantly, the share of black men in the middle or upper class — as measured by their family income — has risen from 38% in 1960 to 57% today.

3. Why your pool’s lifeguard is more likely to be a senior citizen

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/why-your-pools-lifeguard-is-more-likely-to-be-a-senior-citizen/2018/07/03/2bed1a9a-74bf-11e8-805c-4b67019fcfe4_story.html

Across the country, older adults and retirees are climbing into the lifeguard chair as fewer young people seek what was once a rite-of-passage summer job for high schoolers and college students.

4. Being Poor Can Mean Losing a Driver’s License. Not Anymore in Tennessee.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/04/us/drivers-license-tennessee.html

A federal district judge has ruled that a Tennessee law revoking drivers licenses from people too poor to pay court fines is unconstitutional.

5. Criminal Convictions Behind Them, Few Have Had Their Records Sealed

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/04/nyregion/criminal-conviction-records-sealed.html

A recent New York State law allows people convicted of certain crimes to hide the record from public view. So far, only 346 records have been sealed.

6. The Children of the Tiger Parents

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/04/opinion/immigrants-tiger-parents.html

A psychotherapist and the sons of immigrants discuss the benefits and drawbacks of the parenting style.

7. Invest in Our Children

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/04/opinion/children.html

Mark Shriver of Save the Children writes that we need to take aim at rural child poverty.

8. Why Young Women Might Get More Women Elected

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-young-women-might-get-more-women-elected/

The 2018 midterm elections are shaping up to be a watershed year for women and politics. Not only are a record number of women running for political office in 2018, but many of them are running campaigns that tout the underrepresentation of women in an effort to galvanize the women’s vote.

9. Can the Catholic Church ‘Evolve’ on L.G.B.T. Rights?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/opinion/pope-francis-catholic-church-lgbt.html

Pope Francis has struck a more welcoming tone, but the church still needs tangible institutionalize reform.

10. Trump Politicized Children. Democrats Should Empower Them.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/opinion/trump-democrats-children.html

In the 1990s, kid-centered politics was successful, if not transformational. It can offer the beginnings of an agenda for progressive renewal.

11. Mental Health of Children in Australian Detention Center Reaches ‘Crisis Point’

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/world/australia/refugees-nauru-mental-health.html

A refugee girl will be allowed to leave an offshore detention center on Nauru to seek mental health care in Australia. But others are not getting the help they need, advocates say.

12. Instead of a Ban, Transgender Military Recruits Hit Endless Red Tape

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/us/military-transgender-recruits.html

Federal courts ordered the Trump administration not to exclude transgender recruits starting Jan. 1. But hardly any have been allowed to join up.

13. Americans Are Having Fewer Babies. They Told Us Why.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/upshot/americans-are-having-fewer-babies-they-told-us-why.html

Women have more options, for one. But a new poll also shows that financial insecurity is altering a generation’s choices.

14. Is it great to be a worker in the U.S.? Not compared with the rest of the developed world.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/07/04/is-it-great-to-be-a-worker-in-the-u-s-not-compared-to-the-rest-of-the-developed-world/

A new report finds that America’s unemployed and at-risk workers get very little support from the government, and their employed peers are set back by a weak collective-bargaining system.

15. When the Poor Turn Against the Poor

https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/563636/aristocracies

The American aristocracy is anxious, pitting have-nots against each other.

   16. Say Hello to Full Employment

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/07/hello-full-employment/564527

Want to know where the economy is headed? Look at Des Moines.

17. My Parents Still Struggle to Know Me After I Transitioned Late

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/07/transition-parents/564008

The relationship between parent and child will break down if some possibilities of who a child may grow up to be remain unspeakable.

18. How Twitter Became Home to the Teen Status Update

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/07/how-twitter-became-home-to-the-teen-status-update/564404/

“Local Twitter” is a booming network of basic, young suburbanites across the country.

19. What Petty Nextdoor Posts Reveal About America

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/07/nextdoor-american-communities/561746

The hyperlocal social-media platform highlights small grievances—and proves that neighbors have more in common than they think.

20. He Called Older Employees ‘Dead Wood.’ Two Sued for Age Discrimination and Took Back Their Jobs.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/06/health/age-discrimination-ohio-state.html

State employers “are still learning there’s an age law,” said one attorney, despite the fact it has been on the books for decades.

21. A Sibling Fight Survival Guide

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/06/opinion/sunday/a-sibling-fight-survival-guide.html

Research shows that disagreements among brothers and sisters aren’t just inevitable — they’re educational.

22. When She Earns More: Old Ideas About Gender Roles Still Cause Stress

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/06/your-money/marriage-men-women-finances.html

Gender dynamics have become much more egalitarian over the past half-century, but certain attitudes may endure when it comes to men, women and money.

23. Fresh Proof That Strong Unions Help Reduce Income Inequality

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/06/business/labor-unions-income-inequality.html

New research demonstrates the direct and indirect effects of unions going back to the 1930s. Now that the union movement is weaker, inequality has risen.

24. Women Outlive Men. Why Do They Retire Earlier?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/06/business/women-men-longevity-retirement.html

Working a bit longer is a retirement strategy that can be especially effective for women. Yet women have been retiring even earlier than men.

25. Support for Gender Equality

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/06/opinion/gender-equality.html

The historian Stephanie Coontz writes about the gains made since 1977.