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Income inequality is rising around the globe, around the country and statewide. And despite its blue-collar rep, Brooklyn is one of the most polarized counties. Why is that? And why…

ByGerard Flynn 0Comments

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Apr 2012

Economy In Depth Opinion

Half of Recovery Jobs Offer Low Wages. So Raise Them!

‘It hurts the young. It helps too little. It boosts unemployment.’ There are plenty of myths about the minimum wage. The reality is, more and more workers are working at…

ByMichelle Holder 0Comments

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Jan 2012

Economy Opinion

New U.S. Reality: A Permanent Class of Underemployed?

Optimistic statistics on job growth haven’t erased growing worries that a large segment of the American population is going to be cut off from steady employment.

ByDavid R. Jones 0Comments

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Dec 2011

Economy

Bike Plan Aims to Get Bronx Armory on Track

In 2009 a controversy over wages scuttled a plan to build a mall in the long-empty Kingsbridge Armory. Now there’s a plan to host bike races there. Is a renovation…

ByMilesska Contreras 0Comments

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Aug 2011

Economy Investigations

Can Job Training Reduce Unemployment?

Governments are pouring money into job skills programs as a way of combating poverty. But what jobs are participants being prepared for?

ByNeil deMause 0Comments

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Aug 2011

Economy

NY Pols Tout Bill Targeting Jobless Youth

The Urban Jobs Act would provide $20 million for services to unemployed young people. Amid partisan rancor, will the idea survive Congress? Against record youth unemployment, will it make a…

ByKiera Feldman 0Comments

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Jul 2011

Economy

Recession's Pain Revealed For Hispanics, Artists

As new research shows alarming decreases in minority household wealth, City Limits’ Arturo Conde discusses his reporting on how opera singers, poets and other creative workers have weathered the Great…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jul 2011

ARTS and CULTURE Economy In Depth

In A Bad Economy, Even Opera Vocalists Sing The Blues

The soft labor market is a challenge for all job seekers. But young people who have trained for artistic careers—who help make New York a cultural capital—face unique obstacles. Do…

ByArturo Conde 0Comments

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Jul 2011

Economy Education Justice

For Low-Income Immigrants, Status Complicates Survival

C is like many students at Hunter College. She balances work and school, struggles to pay her tuition bill, wonders what the future will hold. Secretly, she also carries the…

ByNeil deMause 0Comments

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May 2011

Economy Opinion

Supporting Businesses, Strengthening Neighborhoods

The city’s commissioner of small business services says New York’s efforts to bolster Business Improvement Districts will help to preserve the mom-and-pop character of neighborhood retail.

ByRobert Walsh 0Comments

Brooklyn's Income Inequality: Global Causes, Local Effects

Half of Recovery Jobs Offer Low Wages. So Raise Them!

New U.S. Reality: A Permanent Class of Underemployed?

Bike Plan Aims to Get Bronx Armory on Track

Can Job Training Reduce Unemployment?

NY Pols Tout Bill Targeting Jobless Youth

Recession's Pain Revealed For Hispanics, Artists

In A Bad Economy, Even Opera Vocalists Sing The Blues

For Low-Income Immigrants, Status Complicates Survival

Supporting Businesses, Strengthening Neighborhoods

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