Once a promising destination for foreign jobseekers and war refugees, the City of Angels is rolling up its ladder of opportunity.
America’s wealthiest metropolitan area is also one of the country’s least equal.
GlobalPost correspondents gauge the growing distance between rich and poor by comparing Fairfield County, Connecticut with Bangkok, Thailand.
For poor African-American students with little hope for a better future, the Civil Rights Movement is unfinished.
Brazilian government initiatives now bring schooling to the masses, but the country’s deep racial divide has only been reinforced.
An unmistakable disparity in life expectancy and access to quality health care have become hallmarks of the Washington, DC area.
