Power outages leave poor communities in the dark longer: Evidence from 15M outages raises questions about recovery times

Researchers tracked power outages after 8 major storms to see how wealth corresponded to recovery time.

Scott C. Ganz, Associate Teaching Professor of Business and Economics, Georgetown University • conversation
Feb. 7, 2024 ~6 min

Explaining inequality to kids can cut bias

Focus on structural origins of inequality can diminish biased views of others’ economic status among children, a study shows.

James Devitt-NYU • futurity
Aug. 22, 2023 ~7 min


Does preschool shortchange kids from working-class backgrounds?

A new study sheds light on the persistent and early emerging disparities in education linked to socioeconomic status.

James Devitt-NYU • futurity
July 5, 2023 ~7 min

Lack of upward mobility can shorten Black men’s lives

"...a lack of upward mobility—consistently being cut off from achieving the American dream—has serious consequences on the life expectancy of Black males."

Mike Cummings-Yale • futurity
Aug. 3, 2021 ~6 min

Workers who feel powerless get paranoid and aggressive

Workers who feel like they don't have power on the job can start feeling paranoid and even start lashing out, researchers find.

Matthew Biddle-Buffalo • futurity
June 3, 2021 ~5 min

Income inequality overlaps with higher COVID rate

A metric called the "Gini Coefficient" reveals a correlation between a nation's income inequality and higher rates of COVID-19 infection.

James Devitt-NYU • futurity
April 15, 2021 ~7 min

To put focus on inequality, talk disadvantages

To get Americans to care about economic inequality, research suggests focusing on the disadvantages of having less, rather than the perks of having more.

James Devitt-NYU • futurity
Dec. 17, 2020 ~4 min

‘Diversity’ is too shallow for real racial justice

Diversity ideology lets whites superficially commit to achieving social justice, but isn't enough to advance equity or inclusion, research shows.

Lawrence Goodman-Brandeis • futurity
Dec. 16, 2020 ~7 min


Infant health inequality has been rising since 2010

Between 1989 and 2010, infant health inequality gradually lessened. New research documents the opposite trend since then.

Jill Kimball-Brown • futurity
Dec. 9, 2020 ~11 min

Expert: COVID makes STEM education gaps more dire

With the COVID-19 pandemic, making sure every child has access to a quality STEM education is even more difficult. But there are reasons to be hopeful, too.

Noelle Toumey Reetz-Georgia State • futurity
Sept. 15, 2020 ~7 min

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