Inequality and public policy
National Low-Income Housing Coalition
Dedicated to achieving socially just Public Policy that assures people with low-incomes in the U.S. have affordable and decent homes. Creates annual report on housing affordability in every jurisdiction of the U.S. titled Out of Reach 2009.
Pulling Apart: A State by State Analysis of Income Trends
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities analysis of Oregon's Long-term and Recent Trends of Income Inequality.
Oregon Center for Public Policy
Uses "research and analysis to advance policies and practices that improves the economic and social opportunities of all Oregonians." Research and analysis covers Budget, Tax, and Economic Issues.
Who Rules America?
"Power, Politics, and Social Change" gives Information on how Power and Politics Rule America. With questions and answers.
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh pdf file
Describes the Racial division that is present in the U.S. society, the daily effects of whilte privilege.
White Privilege is also avalable on a web browser version.
White People Need to Acknowledge Benefits of Unearned Privilege
Describes what white privilege sounds like, what it means.
"Our House is On Fire" Essay by Allan Johnson
Follow the link on the left side of the page that says "Essays" then click on the essay titled "Our House is on Fire" covering issues of race and racism.
Inequality.org
Regular up-to-date information regarding America's Social Inequalities.
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Rosemary F. Powers
Associate Professor of Sociology
Anthropology/Sociology
Program
rpowers@eou.edu
541 962 3819
The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain, is floating in mid-air, until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life.
Jane Addams, 1892