equality

Presents a collection of essays by twenty one young adult authors that explore diverse experiences of injustice, empowerment, and growing up female in America.

Langston Hughes's inspiring and timeless message of pride, joy, and the dream of a better life is brilliantly and beautifully interpreted in Daniel Miyares's gorgeous artwork.

Explores why the American Dream is in jeopardy for millions of American children due to a growing opportunity gap between affluent and disadvantaged kids. Includes suggestions for creating more upward mobility, and features personal narratives and the latest research.

Examines the impact of economic inequality including the psychological, societal, and even physical consequences on both the poor and wealthy members of society.

"Compiles the stories of five characters (and their bicycles) to inform us, put us in the position of the people affected in different ways by discrimination, and propose simple measures we can all take so that the distribution of wealth and opportunity might be more equal"--Provided by publisher.

Presents an intellectual history of the Black Lives Matter movement, tracing the idea back to the old and rich tradition of arguing for the equal dignity, in addition to equal rights, of black people by drawing on the work of Frederick Douglas, Ida B. Wells, James Baldwin, Martin Luther King, Jr., and other revolutionary black public intellectuals.

Education, poverty, and inequality, explores economic hardship in the aftermath of World War II, the challenges facing newly independent nations in terms of poverty, inequality, and development, and how the major powers in the Cold War approached social welfare policy. It also examines how the nations of the developing world have grown in strength even as they have struggled with nagging development issues. The United Nations, including its Millennium Development Goals, also takes center stage, as does the effect of globalization on people’s livelihoods and economic prospects.

Details the challenges of urban growth, including gentrification, segregation, inequality, and unaffordable housing.

Edward Conard discusses his beliefs on the United States economy and the classes.