Tag: Poverty
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
The Research Brief is a short take about...
The sunsetting of the child tax credit expansion could leave many...
Paul Shafer, Boston University and Katherine Gutierrez, University of New Mexico
The Research Brief is a short take about...
Millions of Americans struggle to pay their water bills – here’s...
Joseph Cook, Washington State University
Running water and indoor plumbing are so central to modern life that most Americans...
Research shows labor unions help lower the risk of poverty
Tom VanHeuvelen, University of Minnesota and David Brady, University of California, Riverside
The Research Brief is a short take...
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...
EXPLORING NATURE
Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age...
Jessica C. Thompson, Yale University; Elizabeth Sawchuk, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York), and Jessica Cerezo-Román, University of Oklahoma
