Resources

ARTICLES AND OTHER ACADEMIC SOURCES (BY UNIT)

Drown by Junot Diaz

Nickel and Dimed By Barbara Ehrenreich

• 12.02.13 First Impressions Study
• 12.03.13 There Are 3 Unemployed People Competing For Every Job Opening
• 12.11.13 How income inequality hurts America
• 12.18.13 Fast Food Workers & The Minimum Wage
• 12.18.13 Race’s Connection to the Wealth Gap
• 12.18.13 NJ Changes the Minimum Wage
• 1.17.14 City Meals on Wheels
• 1.17.14 Habitat For Humanity Newark
• 1.17.14 NJ SEEDS
• 1.17.14 Urban League of Essex County
• 1.22.14 Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have Been To The Mountaintop” Text and Audio

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

• NPR – “Girls Charged For Cyber-Bullying Girl Who Committed Suicide“
• NPR – “Teen Sexual Assault: Where Does The Conversation Start?”
• Gangfree.org – “Why People Join Gangs”
• ESPN Video – “Redefining Strength”
• NPR – “Nearly Two Years Later A Controversial Rape Case is Reviewed”