income gap

An income gap for mad men

Easy living in Manhattan is outdated and a fantasy.

Income gap most extreme in Morningside, Hamilton Heights

The median household income of the highest fifth of the population is $207,053—34 times $6,073, the median income for the lowest fifth, according to a report by the Census Bureau released in November.

An education in inequality

They may claim otherwise, but colleges are “need blind” in the worst possible way. They are ambivalent to the disadvantages of poverty.