• Metro section, Sunday: "The top fifth of earners in Manhattan now make 52 times what the lowest fifth make — $365,826 compared with $7,047 — which is roughly comparable to the income disparity in Namibia, according to the Times analysis of 2000 census data."

• Nicholas Kristof column, today: "Indeed, according to the United Nations Development Program, an African-American baby in Washington has less chance of surviving its first year than a baby born in urban parts of the state of Kerala in India."

And that's not even mentioning Mogadishu on the bayou.

In Manhattan, Poor Make 2 for Each Dollar to the Rich [NYT]
The Larger Shame [NYT]

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