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19 posts tagged "income inequality"

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Student, administrators reflect on Notre Dame’s financial accessibility

Megan Valley | Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Editor’s note: This is the second part in a series exploring the experiences of low socioeconomic students at Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s. When sophomore Eric Kim was ranking colleges for his QuestBridge application, he added Notre Dame because he applied to “any school that had a business program.” It wasn’t until after he was

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What is BridgeND?

BridgeND | Wednesday, April 20, 2016

“The issue of wealth and income inequality is the great moral issue of our time, it is the great economic issue of our time and it is the great political issue of our time.” – Senator Bernie Sanders While this semester BridgeND focused our entire Viewpoint column on the idea of income inequality, I would

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Panel continues campus conversation on income inequality

Aidan Lewis | Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Notre Dame students continued the campus-wide conversation about income inequality Tuesday night at a discussion hosted by BridgeND, featuring panelists Mimi Teixeira, Natasha Reinfenberg, Liam O’Connor, Raymond Michuda and Armani Niko Porter. (Editor’s note: Each of the panelists have previously submitted columns or letters to the editor about income inequality to The Observer’s Viewpoint section. BridgeND

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Who’s to blame for income inequality?

BridgeND | Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Unfortunately, this harsh essentialism has persisted for decades. It seems this perspective may have originated from a man idolized by many on campus, whose face graces dorm room walls and name is printed on all sorts of apparel: President Ronald Reagan. In his infamous “welfare queen” speech, Reagan derided one particular woman — a con

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Candidates disagree about income inequality

BridgeND | Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Over the past few weeks, BridgeND has had a running column about income inequality. As we move into the final stages of the primaries, it is the perfect time to see just how realistic the candidates’ views on income inequality — and how to fix it — are. While the Republican Party’s front-running candidates do not

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Lecture explores effects of modern socioeconomic gap

Courtney Becker | Friday, March 18, 2016

Robert Putnam, the Peter and Isabel Malkin professor of public policy at Harvard University, gave a lecture on Thursday based on his book “Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis,” about the differences in opportunities for kids from affluent families and kids from low-income families. Putnam said while America has grown in several ways in

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ND Votes examines political and theological stances on income inequality

Lucas Masin-Moyer | Friday, February 26, 2016

ND Votes ’16 hosted a “Pizza, Pop and Politics” discussion on Thursday evening in Geddes Hall to examine what presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has called “the great moral issue of our time … and the great economic issue of our time” — income inequality. The event featured lectures from Christina Wolbrecht, associate professor of political

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We built inequality

BridgeND | Friday, February 12, 2016

This is a response to Mimi Teixeira’s article “Is Income Inequality Really that Bad?” published two weeks ago. This is the second installment of BridgeND’s Income Inequality series. All responses, arguments and constructive criticisms are welcome. “The issue of wealth and income inequality is the great moral issue of our time, it is the great

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Lecturer explores technology and inequality

Andrea Vale | Thursday, February 11, 2016

Lawrence Mishel, president of the Economic Policy Institute, spoke in Geddes Hall on Wednesday night. Mishel’s lecture, entitled “Beyond Technology and Globalization: The Reset of the Rules of the Labor Market,” addressed income inequality in the United States and was part of the Chuck Craypo memorial series, “Combining Research and Activism for Social Justice.” According

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Why income inequality matters

Liam O'Connor | Friday, February 5, 2016

When Alexis de Tocqueville visited America almost 200 years ago, he was struck by Americans’ simultaneous loves of equality and liberty, of fairness and freedom. How do we overcome these apparent contradictions? In economics, we believe in equality of opportunity — not outcome. If you work hard, you can succeed and provide a better life

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This week, From the Archives takes a long overdue look at the history of Bengal Bouts. While this tournament predates the Observer by nearly four decades, we uncovered a selection of stories that capture at least a part of the rich history of this Notre Dame tradition.

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At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Ch At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Chappell, director of gender relations and LGBTQ+ advocacy, highlighted plans to edit the Moreau First Year Experience curriculum to promote values of diversity, equity and inclusion in her report on LGBTQ+ advocacy at Notre Dame this year.

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Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore s Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore students campaigning to be Notre Dame’s next student body president and vice president, respectively, plan to “get sh*t done.”

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