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Discriminating Employers

Stories Employers Tell: Race, Skill, and Hiring in America, by Phillip Moss and Chris Tilly. Russell Sage Foundation, 317 pages, $29.95. Should government–including the John Ashcroft–led Justice Department–do more to enforce laws against discrimination in hiring? Until recently, there has been a paucity of rigorous social science research on employers’ attitudes about hiring low-skilled workers. […]

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Fatherhood Matters

Lost Fathers: The Politics of Fatherlessness in America, by Cynthia R. Daniels, ed. St. Martins Press, 224 pages, $24.95. The Fatherhood Movement: A Call to Action, by Wade F. Horn, David Blankenhorn, Mitchell B. Perlstein, eds. Lexington Books, 352 pages, $14.95. Turning the Corner on Father Absence in Black America. A Statement from the Morehouse […]

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