While the economic rewards for success in the United States are remarkable and growing larger by the year, the economic gap between the rich and poor is widening...
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Army’s Wounded Warriors (AW2) Careers Initiative is Launched in Dallas/Ft Worth

The AW2 Careers demonstration, which supports injured soldiers as they begin new careers after retiring from the Army, was launched in Dallas/Fort Worth late last year and will expand to two other areas in 2008. Mobility designed the initiative with the National Organization on Disability, the project’s sponsor, and will conduct the evaluation of the three-site program.

Learn more about AW2.

Brookings Releases Report on Economic Mobility

For more than two centuries, economic opportunity and the prospect of upward mobility have formed the bedrock upon which the American story has been anchored — inspiring people in distant lands to seek our shores and sustaining the unwavering optimism of Americans at home. From the hopes of the earliest settlers to the aspirations of today's diverse population, the American Dream unites us in a common quest for individual and national success. But new data suggest that this once solid ground may well be shifting. This raises provocative questions about the continuing ability of all Americans to move up the economic ladder and calls into question whether the American economic meritocracy is still alive and well.

Learn more and view the report.