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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Wage Disparity Highlights Inequality

By Amy Char February 13, 2015

Washington, D.C.’s pervasive inequality manifests itself primarily in income and educational gaps, according to a series of reports released over the past few weeks. A report analyzing the financial...

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Author and columnist Nicholas Kristof, the recipient of two Pulitzer Prizes, spoke on human rights and global inequalities Sunday.

Kristof Addresses Human Rights, Inequalities

By Sarah Smith September 30, 2014

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Nicholas Kristof spoke to Georgetown students Sunday about his new book, “A Path Appears,” and his experiences with human rights and political issues...

Vague on Vogue

Vague on Vogue

By Kate Riga June 2, 2014

For most people, Vogue magazine conjures up images of glossy, glamorous models in outlandish outfits slapped with tags like “couture” and “chic.” It does not typically bring up thoughts of...

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Journalist Tracie McMillan has extensively investigated and written about the implications of limited food availability in impoverished neighborhoods.

Food Inequality Uncovered

By Jess Kelham-Hohler March 28, 2014

When journalist Tracie McMillan set out to write about poverty through the lens of hunger, she had no idea that her ideas would spark a national debate on the relationship between food and class in...

Occupy Movement Makes Camp at GU

By Mariah Byrne April 27, 2012

When about a dozen Occupy protesters settled in D.C.’sMacPherson Square Oct. 1, it seemed that they had appeared overnight. But Michael Kazin, a history professor at Georgetown, believes that...

Inequality Stats Miss Big Picture

By Preston Mui February 27, 2012

In a recent issue of The Hoya, Brian Shaud argued that rising income inequality in the United States has exacerbated a number of social ills and threatens to destroy the promise of the American Dream...

A Growing Wealth Gap

By Brian Shaud February 7, 2012

Rising income inequality threatens to destroy the promise of America — that each citizen has a chance at material and personal success, independent of the condition of his or her birth. Upward social...

Home-Grown Inequality

By John Thornburgh March 30, 2010

Georgetown students are a worldly bunch. While a modest 12 percent of the student body lives overseas, most would agree that many Georgetown students - no doubt thanks to the financial situation of their...

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