Tag: Poverty
Barbara Kingsolver’s ‘Demon Copperhead’ and the enduring devastation of the opioid crisis
William Nash, Middlebury
Barbara Kingsolver’s literary honors range from the National Book Prize of South Africa to the PEN/Faulkner...
Four things that cost more if you’re already poor – and some...
Sara Davies, University of Bristol
As the UK faces the sharpest increase in the cost of living in a...
Child poverty estimates point to a record low in 2021 –...
Steven Pressman, The New School and Robert H. Scott III, Monmouth University
The U.S. government will likely report in...
Swelling grocery bills are pummeling the poorest – who spend over...
David Soll, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
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The cost of eggs and bread...
Social Security benefits play key role in preventing older Americans from...
Sophie Mitra, Fordham University; Debra Brucker, University of New Hampshire, and Katie Jajtner, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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A living wage increases economic productivity while reducing poverty – new...
Anna Barford, University of Cambridge and Jane Nelson, Harvard Kennedy School
It can be difficult to see a way...
A shrinking fraction of the world’s major crops goes to feed...
Deepak Ray, University of Minnesota
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Rising competition for many of the world’s important...
Universal access to free meals at schools can lead to lower...
Michelle Marcus, Vanderbilt University and Katherine G. Yewell, University of Louisville
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Amazon deforestation, already rising, may spike under Bolsonaro
Robert T. Walker, University of Florida
Over the past 25 years that I have been conducting environmental research in the Amazon, I have witnessed the...
