Read more elite stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/26400/elite.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:18:07 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69969/generation-of-rich-brats-sparks-chinese-anger.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPublic outrage aimed at new generation of elites is widening class divisions as China prepares to mark 60 years of Communist rule, the Wall Street Journa l reports. The sons and daughters of those who got rich after the economic reforms of the early '80s are widely seen as being...http://www.newser.com/story/69969/generation-of-rich-brats-sparks-chinese-anger.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Sep 2009 7:03:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69453/reforms-biggest-hurdle-white-americas-fear.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe hallmark diversity of the United States is the biggest obstacle to a “federal social insurance system”—health care included, writes Michael Lind on Slate. The greatest strides toward a European-style safety net were made between World War I and the 1970s “when the foreign-born percentage of the US population...http://www.newser.com/story/69453/reforms-biggest-hurdle-white-americas-fear.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 15 Sep 2009 14:21:22 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/45638/sarkozy-makes-an-un-french-call-for-diversity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFrance has a long tradition of official blindness to race, ethnicity, and religion; all citizens, in theory, are equally French. But in practice, French companies are reluctant to hire employees with non-French names or addresses in ethnic neighborhoods, and France's 555-member parliament has only 1 MP of color. In a...http://www.newser.com/story/45638/sarkozy-makes-an-un-french-call-for-diversity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 18 Dec 2008 6:18:31 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/37484/conservatives-are-victims-in-their-own-minds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRush Limbaugh & Co. like to deride liberal America’s “culture of victimhood,” but these days, it’s conservatives who are acting like victims. The GOP is encouraging its supporters to feel aggrieved and besieged by snooty “elites,” writes Gregory Rodriguez in the Los Angeles Times. This despite the fact that conservatives...http://www.newser.com/story/37484/conservatives-are-victims-in-their-own-minds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 15 Sep 2008 14:50:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33406/ivy-retardation-curse-of-elites.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIts advantages are undeniable, but an elite education can also cause a crippling case of “Ivy retardation,” as William Deresiewicz realized while struggling, despite fluency in several languages, to make small talk with his blue-collar plumber in Boston. “The best and the brightest” develop an inflated sense of self-worth and...http://www.newser.com/story/33406/ivy-retardation-curse-of-elites.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 27 Jul 2008 5:09:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/24472/obama-was-right-about-pennsylvanian-bitterness.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama was “basically right on target” about Pennsylvania bitterness, the product of one small-town household says: John Baer, in the Philadelphia Daily News , writes that the people he grew up around were, and still are, angry. And they have a right to be, Baer adds: Blue-collar Pennsylvanians see their...http://www.newser.com/story/24472/obama-was-right-about-pennsylvanian-bitterness.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 14 Apr 2008 16:31:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21594/superclass-exposes-global-elite-sort-of.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhat do Bill Clinton, Osama Bin Laden, and Bono have in common? All are members of the powerful global elite that’s reshaping the planet, David Rothkopf argues in his new book Superclass. But Rothkopf’s isn’t a conspiracy-laden indictment, writes Salon’s Laura Miller. Rather, he contends that the superclass isn’t all...http://www.newser.com/story/21594/superclass-exposes-global-elite-sort-of.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 15 Mar 2008 17:00:00 CDT