Americans’ household earnings are finally stretching back to their pre-recession heights. But feeling secure and comfortable isn’t only a measure of how much money you have. As new research illustrates, two groups in particular have stalled: whites without a college degree, and blacks and Hispanics with one. “America has been a story of getting ahead, of progress,” said Morris P. Fiorina, a political scientist at Stanford University. “There’s been no story of progress — for them.”

Source: New York Times September 14, 2018 18:07 UTC