Economic Inequality Matters

Income inequality is the ratio of the wealth of the top 20% compared to the lowest 20% in each country.  Health and social problems is an index of mental illness, trust, life expectancy, infant mortality, obesity, educational performance, teenage birth, homicide, imprisonment, and social mobility.

According to the 1870 federal census, one percent of the people owned 72 percent of all the wealth in the great industrial city of Pittsburgh.  What’s more, just half of these wealthiest one percent (0.5% of the population) owned 59 percent, well more than half of all the wealth in historic Pittsburgh.  In fact, all

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Photo of the Day: Hillary Clinton During the 2008 St. Patrick's Day Parade

Hillary Clinton Marches in the 2008 St. Patrick's Day Parade in Pittsburgh on March 15th, 2008. Photo by Matthew David Carter.

On March 15, 2008 Hillary Clinton walked in Pittsburgh’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade.  Throughout the latter half of March and most all of April she was waging an intense campaign throughout Pennsylvania to

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2009 Salary Survey for Historians

2009-2010 CUPA-HR Salary Survey of Academic Historians.

The College and University Personnel Association — HR (CUPA-HR) 2009 salary survey unsurprisingly shows salaries for academic historians have remained relatively flat over the past year.  Overall, there’s slight annual growth in each category with the largest growth, surprisingly, in the new assitant professor hires category.  Robert Townsend of the AHA says that this is

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Water Consumption and Conservation During Sports Games

Edmonton Water Consumption During Olympic Gold Medal Hockey Game

An amazingly interesting and insightful graph from EPCOR, Edmonton’s water utility for 300,000 residents, was recently published showing water consumption in Edmonton during the Olympic gold medal hockey game between Canada and the United States. Roughly two-thirds of Canadians watched the game.

Edmonton Water Consumption During Olympic Gold Medal Hockey Game

The quantities listed in

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Photo of the Day: Franco Harris During 2008 St. Patrick's Day Parade in Pittsburgh

Steelers Legend Franco Harris During the 2008 St. Patrick's Day Parade. Pittsburgh, PA March 15, 2008. Photo by Matthew David Carter

Franco Harris is a Hall of Fame American football player and a famous Pittsburgh Steeler.  The signature moment of his professional football career and the stuff of Pittsburgh sports legend was catching

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