During the first two years of the nation’s economic recovery, the mean net worth of households in the upper 7 percent of the wealth distribution rose by an estimated 28 percent, while the mean net worth of households in the lower 93 percent dropped by 4 percent, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of [...]
‘Income Gap’ Becoming More Prevalent In American Communities
September 24, 2012 | Posted by
The United States is increasingly consisting of less diverse neighborhoods as more Americans strive to surround themselves with others of similar financial means to fuel a rise a residential segregation. The so-called “income gap” might be greater today than even in the colonial times that included slavery, according to one study. “Thirty years ago, about [...]
Study: Many Viewers Now Get Their News from YouTube
July 17, 2012 | Posted by
A new report by the Pew Research Center revealed how much the source of news has changed around the world, as a significant portion of Internet users use YouTube as their primary source for visual journalism. The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism examined 15 months’ worth of the most popular news [...]
