Poverty
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Focus on Finance: A Great Incubator in Memphis
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Memphis Finance Director Brian Collins explains how his city’s problems are being met with innovative solutions from the public and private sectors.
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Separate and Suffering: The Damaging Effects of Residential Segregation on Metropolitan Economies
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Residential segregation is shown to drive down income growth across all economic levels.
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Left Out: Women’s Life Changes Put Their Access to Health Insurance at Risk
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Instability in low-income women’s life events corresponds to an increased reliance on public health insurance systems.
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Holes in the Safety Net: Why Eligible Families Don’t Fully Participate in Assistance Programs
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In Maryland, the lowest-income families aren’t signing on for the public assistance for which they’re eligible.
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Enduring Damage: The Effects of Childhood Poverty on Adult Health
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For young children, poverty’s most damaging effects manifest over time.
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Was White Flight Good for African Americans?
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White flight to the suburbs was a leading cause of rising black homeownership in the mid-20th century, according to new research.
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Food Security in an Increasingly Urban World: The Case of Bolivia
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The founder of Alternativas discusses agricultural challenges in a world of climate and economic changes.
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Fiscal Policies and Full Employment: An Interview with Jared Bernstein
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Insights from a Senior Fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
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Food Stamps: More than a Safety Net?
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Researchers find positive effects on health and economic self-sufficiency decades after initial exposure to the largest US hunger safety net program.
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Poverty, Depression, and Motherhood: An Unhealthy Combination
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Recent analysis of national survey data highlights important statistics concerning prevalence of and treatment for major depression among low-income mothers with young children.
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Reaping the Dividends of Development: UNDP in Post-Conflict Nations
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UNDP’s Eugenia Piza-Lopez and Jago Salmon discuss the organization’s strategy in nations struggling to rebuild after conflict