Income inequality grows in the Washington suburbs

“While much of the D.C. region has bounced back from the recession, certain segments of the population are benefitting from this recovery more than others, a new report from the Maryland Center on Economic Policy, the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute, and the Commonwealth Institute found.

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‘What this report shows really is that most workers are struggling in various ways,’ Benjamin Orr, executive director of the Maryland Center on Economic Policy said. ‘When we’re talking about data around median wages and things like that we’re really talking about half the workforce of the region, so really these issues are important to everyone. 

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‘We as a society get into these vicious cycles in terms of poverty,’ Orr said. ‘Poverty means you end up with a poor education and poor educational attainment, and that leads to poor job outcomes and that leads back into poverty.’ 

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‘We know that implicit bias operates in the hiring process,’ Orr said. One of the studies that blew me away was that white ex-offenders do better [in the hiring process] than black non-offenders.’ 

http://marylandreporter.com/2014/07/01/income-inequality-grows-in-the-washington-suburbs/