In many urban centers with a significant immigrant population, networks of community membership tend to follow ethnic lines. This phenomenon is sometimes explained as a failure of integration on the part of immigrants. This perceived failure is then viewed as evidence of the inherent...

Does our social background influence our life opportunities and chances? Or does it all depend on the individual? A large body of research evidence indicates that the circumstances in which a child grows up can have an enormous effect on later outcomes, in areas including education, income, employme...