Tag: Poverty
Why people rebuild in Appalachia’s flood-ravaged areas despite the risks
Kristina P. Brant, Penn State
On Valentine’s Day 2025, heavy rains started to fall in parts of rural Appalachia....
From breakbeats to the dance floor: How hip-hop and house revolutionized...
Joycelyn Wilson, Georgia Institute of Technology
There was a time when artists representing two of America’s biggest homegrown musical...
Poor people are business owners, too – but myths around poverty...
Michael H. Morris, University of Notre Dame
Nearly 1 in 5 people in the world lives in poverty. Even...
The true cost of food is far higher than what you...
Kathleen Merrigan, Arizona State University
After several years of pandemic-driven price spikes at the grocery store, retail food price...
Teenagers often know when their parents are having money problems −...
Jamie Hanson, University of Pittsburgh
When parents try to shield their kids from financial hardship, they may be doing...
Philadelphia’s minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 an hour since...
Michael O'Bryan, Drexel University and Alicia Atkinson, Drexel University
In Philadelphia, the poorest big city in the U.S., the...
Marriage is not as effective an anti-poverty strategy as you’ve been...
Eleanor Brown, Fordham University; June Carbone, University of Minnesota, and Naomi Cahn, University of Virginia
Brides.com predicts that 2024...
For some NBA draftees who overcame adversity, making the transition to...
Rob Book, University of Southern Denmark
When a young athlete is drafted into the NBA – as 58 players...
EXPLORING NATURE
Israelis have a skewed view on extent of Gaza’s hunger plight...
Jori Breslawski, Tel Aviv University and Carlo Koos, University of Bergen
Under mounting international pressure, Israel announced on May...
