Trading Privilege for Privation, Family Hits a Nerve in South Africa

By LYDIA POLGREEN

Published: September 15, 2013

An article describing white middle class South African family spending a month in a shack in a township.

photo credit: Candace Feit for The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/16/world/africa/trading-privilege-for-privation-family-hits-a-nerve-in-south-africa.html?smid=fb-nytimes&WT.z_sma=WO_TPF_20130916&_r=0

In Climbing Income Ladder, Location Matters

In Climbing Income Ladder, Location Matters
"A study finds the odds of rising to another income level are notably low in certain cities, like Atlanta and Charlotte, and much higher in New York and Boston."

Interactive graphics by Mike Bostock, Shan Carter, Amanda Cox, Matthew Ericson, Josh Keller, Alicia Parlapiano, Kevin Quealy and Josh Williams, based on data from Raj Chetty and Nathaniel Hendren, Harvard, and Patrick Kline and Emmanuel Saez, U.C. Berkeley.

A version of this article appears in print on July 22, 2013, on page A1 of the New York edition with the headline: Geography Seen as Barrier To Climbing Class Ladder.

Is Suburban Sprawl on Its Way Back?

Dewan, S., (2013, September 15) . Is Suburban Sprawl on Its Way Back?. The New York Times, pp. SR7.

The article argues that sprawl was on its way 'out' before the economic downturn of 2008.

She suggests that there has been a decline in drivers licences in the younger generations,

rise in gas prices etc.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/15/sunday-review/is-suburban-sprawl-on-its-way-back.html?hp&_r=0