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