Tag: Poverty
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...
What role do assets play in understanding rural poverty?
Dan Brockington, University of Sheffield
One of the clearest trends in wealth and poverty in Tanzania is shown by the slow decline in rural poverty...
Los Angeles is far from ending homelessness – but other American...
Brenda Wiewel, University of Southern California
Los Angeles became ground zero for America’s homelessness crisis after President Donald Trump visited the city on Sept. 17.
“We...
Scammers don’t cheat because they need the money — they cheat...
Marco A. Palma, Texas A&M University
Why do people cheat?
When we hear that a poor person scammed others out of money, we may attribute...
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
