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| September 2025 |
American Dream
A WSJ-NORC poll showed that only 25% of US citizens believe hard work leads to economic gain, marking a significant decline in belief in traditional American Dream principles.
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| 2025 |
Industrial complex
Congressional hearings continue to discuss the 'censorship-industrial complex'.
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| January 2025 |
Industrial complex
President Joe Biden delivers his farewell address, warning about a 'tech-industrial complex' and drawing parallels to Eisenhower's earlier speech, arguing that the tech industry's growth threatens American democracy and supports oligarchy.
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| 2024 |
American Dream
Labor union membership declines to 10% of American workers, significantly lower than the 1983 level.
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| 2024 | Anthony Fitzhenry is leading a design and engineering project to create a new Qhubeka bicycle, focusing on improving longevity and reducing maintenance. |
| 2024 |
Industrial complex
Congressional hearings extensively debate the 'censorship-industrial complex' in both houses of Congress.
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| 2024 |
Industrial complex
Congressional hearings in both houses extensively debate and discuss the 'censorship-industrial complex'.
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| 2024 |
Social mobility in the United Kingdom
Breen and In published research revealing significant regional differences in social mobility across the United Kingdom, identifying 'hot spots' and 'cold spots' of social mobility with London showing notably higher mobility compared to other areas.
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| 2024 |
Colorado counties by socioeconomic factors
Presidential election in which Colorado's vote favored the Democratic candidate over the Republican candidate.
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| 2024 | Featured in The Sunday Times inaugural Young Power List as one of the 25 most inspiring people aged 30 and under in the UK and Ireland. |
| December 2024 |
Safe parking programs
The Colorado Safe Parking Initiative program ended due to lack of funding.
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| November 2024 | Ruth Curtice is announced as the new chief executive of the Resolution Foundation. |
| July 2024 | Announced as chair of the Curriculum and Assessment Review for the English Department for Education |
| May 2024 | Torsten Bell departs from the Resolution Foundation after being selected as Labour's candidate for Swansea West. |
| 2023 |
American Dream
A private survey by Populace indicated a shift in the American Dream narrative from fame and wealth to personal factors like secure retirement and finding work fulfillment.
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| 2023 |
Safe parking programs
Safe Bay program launched in Duluth, MN as a secure overnight parking space for people living in their vehicles. The program operates nightly from April to November, and is a collaborative effort between Chum and Damiano Center, with support from HDC street outreach workers.
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| 2023 |
Safe parking programs
Greensboro, NC launched its first 'Safe Parking Site', a free lot for people living in their vehicles, located behind the Interactive Resource Center. The site provides security and is complemented by access to shower, laundry, and caseworker services.
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| 2023 |
Great Gatsby Curve
A study discovered the subnational Great Gatsby Curve when comparing counties in the United States at the beginning of the 20th century.
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| 2023 |
Career ladder
Forbes writer Christine Michel Carter conducted research on the long-term career impact of women not being promoted from entry-level to management positions, introducing the 'broken rung' metaphor to describe missed promotion opportunities for women in the workplace.
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| 2023 | Became the Danish National Research Council professor of economics at the University of Southern Denmark. |
| 2023 | Honoured in King Charles' Birthday Honours List. |
| August 13 2023 | The fifth edition of the Moustaches Ride took place in Zurich, a charity ride supporting Qhubeka. |
| April 2023 | Released 'Low Pay Britain 2023: Improving low-paid work through higher minimum standards' report, emphasizing the need for 'good work' to combat economic decline. |
| April 12 2023 |
West Virginia counties by socioeconomic factors
U.S. Census Bureau data on West Virginia counties was accessed, providing comprehensive socioeconomic statistics for each county including population, income, health, and demographic information.
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| March 2023 | Shared research exclusively with BBC Panorama, revealing that wage stagnation since 2008 financial crisis has left British workers £11,000 worse off annually. |
| January 2023 | Appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the New Year Honours for services to education. |
| January 2023 |
Socioeconomic decile
The socioeconomic decile system was replaced by the Equity index, marking the end of the original school funding classification method used since 1995.
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| January 1 2023 |
Equity Index
Equity Index (EQI) replaces the socioeconomic decile system for calculating school funding in New Zealand, marking a significant change in the Ministry of Education's approach to resource allocation.
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| 2022 |
American Dream
A study found that exposure to 'rags-to-riches' narratives in entertainment increases Americans' belief in upward mobility.
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| 2022 |
Safe parking programs
Dreams For Change safe parking sites served 494 people in 286 vehicles, including a hybrid program on Imperial Ave that began to include RVs.
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| 2022 | Qhubeka began receiving support from the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, expanding its visibility and potential for bicycle donations. |
| 2022 |
Socioeconomic mobility in the United States
A study was published examining factors contributing to low intergenerational socioeconomic mobility in the United States, highlighting disparities in returns to human capital, low public investment in low-income children's human capital, high socioeconomic residential segregation, and limited progressiveness in the tax-and-transfer system.
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| 2022 |
U.S. states by socioeconomic factors
Life expectancy data collected for U.S. states, with national average life expectancy recorded at 78.5 years.
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| 2022 |
West Virginia counties by socioeconomic factors
Life expectancy data was compiled for West Virginia counties, showing variations across different regions, with counties ranging from 67.7 years (McDowell County) to 79.8 years (Doddridge County).
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| 2022 |
Colorado counties by socioeconomic factors
American Community Survey completed, offering updated socioeconomic statistics for Colorado counties.
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| 2022 | Named in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for contributions to technology and entrepreneurship. |
| September 30 2022 | Resolution Foundation reported its annual income of £3,285,540.00 for the year ending on this date, with funding primarily coming from the Resolution Trust, Federation of Small Businesses, Nuffield Foundation, and Rowntree Trusts. |
| July 2022 |
Equity Index
The New Zealand Statistics Department advised Equity Index rating numbers to state and state-integrated schools, to be implemented in the following year. The index utilized 37 socio-economic factors to calculate a school's index number between 344 and 569.
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| July 2022 |
Cristina Iannelli
Elected Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), recognizing her contributions to humanities and social sciences
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| June 23 2022 | ASO announced a continuation of their partnership with Qhubeka for the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. |
| May 2022 |
Equity Index
The New Zealand government allocated $8 million for capital costs and $293 million for operating costs for the new Equity Index in the 2022 budget, though no specific implementation date was set.
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| May 2022 |
Socioeconomic decile
New Zealand budget allocated $8 million for capital costs and $293 million for operating costs of the new Equity Index.
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| 2021 |
Social capital
Moshkovitz and Hayat published research highlighting that bridging social capital through weak ties is more likely to provide valuable new information.
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| 2021 | Becky Francis was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA). |
| 2021 | Clark's scheduled lecture at the University of Glasgow was cancelled after over 110 lecturers and faculty members signed a letter criticizing his work as promoting 'discredited science' and perpetuating racist ideologies. |
| 2021 | A talk titled 'For Whom the Bell Curve Tolls' was cancelled due to accusations of promoting eugenics. |
| 2021 | Published 'Pioneers of Sociological Science: Statistical Foundations and the Theory of Action' through Cambridge University Press, exploring foundational sociological research methodologies. |
| 2021 |
Class: A Guide Through the American Status System
David Brooks critiques the 'Category X' chapter in the book, describing it as 'insufferably self-regarding' in an article about bourgeois bohemians.
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| December 2021 | Pro cyclist Victor Campenaerts held a charity raffle of over 20 signed pro cycling jerseys, raising over €20,000 for Qhubeka. |
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This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Cristina Iannelli, Resolution Foundation, Joe Seddon, Equity Index (New Zealand), List of West Virginia counties by socioeconomic factors, Great Gatsby Curve, Socioeconomic decile, John Goldthorpe, List of U.S. states by socioeconomic factors, Socioeconomic mobility in the United States, American Dream, Industrial complex, List of Colorado counties by socioeconomic factors, Becky Francis, Social mobility in the United Kingdom, Gregory Clark (economist), Social capital, Qhubeka, Class: A Guide Through the American Status System, Career ladder, Collaboration vouchers & Safe parking programs, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.