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Center Director Paul Jargowsky’s research on segregation featured in new Century Foundation report

ARCHITECTURE OF SEGREGATION

BY PAUL JARGOWSKY ON AUGUST 9, 2015

A new report from The Century Foundation reveals the number of people who live in high poverty neighborhoods has almost doubled since 2000 from 7.2 million to 13.8 million—the highest number ever recorded.

online appendix showing the growth in high-poverty neighborhoods in a number of metropolitan areas

Media and social media coverage of the report:

Badger, Emily. 2015. “Black Poverty Differs from White Poverty.” The Washington Post, August 12.

Covert, Bryce. 2015. “How A Poor Neighborhood Becomes A Trap.” ThinkProgress. Accessed August 14.

Florida, Richard. 2015. “America’s Biggest Problem Is Concentrated Poverty, Not Inequality.” CityLab. August 10.

Semuels, Alana. 2015. “The Resurrection of America’s Slums.” The Atlantic, August 9.

https://grist.org/cities/how-suburban-sprawl-causes-segregation-and-isolates-the-poor/

https://thinkprogress.org/economy/2015/08/14/3691749/concentrated-poverty/

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/08/15/the-daily-beast-s-best-longreads-august-9-15.html

http://www.newamerica.org/the-weekly-wonk/a-second-chance-offers-powerful-possibilities/

https://www.ideastream.org/news/more-people-living-high-poverty-neighborhoods-researcher-says

http://archinect.com/news/article/134433610/architecture-of-segregation

http://www.fresnobee.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/political-notebook/article31119728.html

https://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2015-08/slum-armut-diskriminierung-usa

CURE 2015 Annual Report

CURE director Paul Jargowsky offered research expertise in interview with Salon

FRIDAY, JUL 24, 2015 08:00 AM EDT

“It’s really long overdue”: Why Obama’s new anti-segregation rules are coming decades late

The administration’s plans will help, but they’re just a start, Rutgers University’s Paul Jargowsky tells Salon

ELIAS ISQUITH

To read the entire article, please visit: https://www.salon.com/2015/07/24/its_really_long_overdue_why_obamas_new_anti_segregation_rules_are_coming_decades_late/

CURE affiliated scholar Lori Minnite testifies in NC case on voter fraud

Michael Hewlett/Winston-Salem Journal — July 25, 2015

North Carolina does not have rampant voter fraud, one of the publicly stated reasons that state Republican leaders passed a sweeping elections law in 2013, an expert testified Thursday.

Lorraine Minnite, a political science professor at Rutgers University, said Thursday that North Carolina only had two verified cases of voter fraud between 2000 and 2014 out of 35 million votes cast in presidential elections and other elections where there was a large turnout. She said North Carolina residents often have a perception of voter fraud that is not supported by actual data.

To read the entire article, please visit: http://m.journalnow.com/news/elections/state/rutgers-professor-voter-fraud-in-n-c-rare/article_ed9ec024-3194-11e5-9c49-8bceae0e8647.html?mode=jqm

CURE affiliated scholar Joan Maya Mazelis on her forthcoming book, Our Strength Is in Our Unity

“I’m thrilled that NYU Press shares my vision for the book. They recognize that people on both ends of the political spectrum are searching for solutions to growing inequality and see Our Strength Is in Our Unity as a meaningful part of the discussion. I’ve tried to present a tentative model for creating a stronger social safety net for the poor that’s at least somewhat realistic in the current political climate by identifying the strength a group of poor people in Philadelphia have found in unity. This model draws on the fact that the private safety net of social ties can help to fill the gap left by an inadequate welfare system. For those who participated in my research, social ties shaped their ability to survive because they built long-lasting social ties of mutual support. The book will describe how agencies and policies can support the creation of these kinds of social ties, building on the support they provide in a way that will help a greater number of people to thrive.” (more…)