Tag: Poverty
Biden administration’s $39 billion child care strategy: 5 questions answered
Taryn Morrissey, American University School of Public Affairs
States are getting US$39 billion from the federal government to support...
Why cash payments aren’t always the best tool to help poor...
Heath Henderson, Drake University
The concept is simple and seductive: Give people cash, lift them out of poverty. It’s...
Child poverty in the U.S. could be slashed by monthly payments...
Joya Misra, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Which former president pitched a Family Assistance Plan to the American people that...
5 ways Biden can help rural America thrive and bridge the...
Ann Eisenberg, University of South Carolina; Jessica A. Shoemaker, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Lisa R. Pruitt, University of California, Davis
It’s no secret that rural...
A hospital that prescribes free nutritious food to families who need...
Diana Cuy Castellanos, University of Dayton
Being food-insecure – unable to get enough nutritious food to meet your needs – can take a toll on...
African American teens face mental health crisis but are less likely...
Rebecca Klisz-Hulbert, Wayne State University
Black youth in the U.S. experience more illness, poverty, and discrimination than their white counterparts. These issues put them at...
Income inequality is getting worse in US urban areas
Brian Thiede, Pennsylvania State University; David L. Brown, Cornell University; Jaclyn Butler, Pennsylvania State University, and Leif Jensen, Pennsylvania State University
Income inequality has increased...
Transgender Americans are more likely to be unemployed and poor
Christopher Carpenter, Vanderbilt University and Gilbert Gonzales, Vanderbilt University
The United States Supreme Court will issue a ruling this year in a landmark case that...
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The dark side of research – when chasing prestige becomes the...
By Ottoline Leyser, University of Cambridge
I love my job. I’m trying to understand how plants build themselves out of thin air. It’s exciting, it’s...
