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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 CC BY-ND 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 The Research Brief...

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 CC BY-ND 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 The Research Brief is a short take about...

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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...