The Education Trap

Schools and the remaking of inequality in Boston

————— Despite its centrality in public life and scholarly debate, education, surprisingly, has not been a chief focus of political or economic histories of the modern United States. The role of schools, however, has been fundamental to American historical development in several key ways. Politically, education was a key driver of ...
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<em>The Education Trap</em>

Harvard’s Microcosm of Labor Inequality

Organizing the Ivory Tower

Universities are a microcosm of the increasing inequality we see across society. Every year, adjunct faculty, post-doctoral researchers, student workers, clerical and technical staff, dining service employees, security workers, and janitorial staff are bearing the burden of jobs that impose more work and provide less security. In response to the ...
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