Social Class, Life Chances, and Culture

Culture

• The Relationship Between Culture and Poverty (Foundation for Economic Education)
  
• Why are the Poor Poor and Why Does it Matter? (Springer Nature)
  

Conspicuous Consumption

• The new, subtle ways the rich signal their wealth (BBC)
• The Newest Sign of Social Status Isn't Money. It's This. (Psychology Today)

Income and Wealth Inequality Consequences

• Inside L.A.'s other cycling world — no helmet, no cars and not much money for repair (Los Angeles Times)
• How Income Affects the Brain (The Atlantic)
• Income inequality is changing how we think, live, and die (Vox)
• How rising inequality hurts everyone, even the rich (The Washington Post)
• The U.S. Can No Longer Hide From Its Deep Poverty Problem (The New York Times)
• The U.N. Looks At Extreme Poverty In The U.S., From Alabama To California (NPR)
• Bump in U.S. Incomes Doesn’t Erase 50 Years of Pain (New York Times)
• How We Are Ruining America (New York Times)
• Inequality: Costs and Remedies (Shanghai Daily)

Prejudice and Discrimination

• Busting the Myth of ‘Welfare Makes People Lazy’ (The Atlantic)
• America Can't Fix Poverty Until It Stops Hating Poor People (Citylab)
• I grew up on food stamps. I'll never forget the sneering looks (The Guardian)
• Why do we think poor people are poor because of their own bad choices? (The Guardian)
  
• Research uses simulation game to alter beliefs about poverty (Pych.org)
  

Identities

• Walmart dead bodies a nationwide phenomenon (The Washington Times)
• Growing up with poverty and violence: A North Lawndale teen's story (Chicago Tribune)
• Your face can reveal if you’re rich or poor (The Ladders)
• Class in America: Identities Blur as Economy Changes (NBC)

Life Chances

• The Hidden Mechanisms That Help Those Born Rich Excel at Elite Jobs (The Atlantic)

• How Poverty Changes the Brain (The Atlantic)
• Poverty changes your brain to make you less intelligent, study suggests (Independent)
• This is Your Brain on Poverty (Pacific Standard)
• The Brains of Rich and Poor Kids Look Vastly Different (Vice)
• The Jobs You're Most Likely to Inherit From Your Mother and Father (The New York Times)

Occupation, Income, & Education (OEI)

• Rich people are staying healthy for almost a decade longer than poor people (CNN)
• A College Degree Isn’t The Only Path Left To A Good Job (Fast Company)
• US marriage rates higher among better educated, financially stable (Fox Business)
• Education Isn't the Key to a Good Income (The Atlantic)

Location

• New Report Highlights Which States Have the Most Underprivileged Kids (Parents)
• Is It Better to Be Poor in Bangladesh or the Mississippi Delta? (The Atlantic)
• Living in a poor neighborhood changes everything about your life (Vox)

Feminization of Poverty

• The Huge Impact of Donated Bras (Racked/Vox)