Tag: Poverty
New data paint an unpleasant picture of poverty in the US
Steven Pressman, Colorado State University
On Sept. 12, the U.S. Census Bureau released national poverty data for 2017.
The headline was that 39.7 million people were...
Why the war on poverty in the US isn’t over, in...
Robert L. Fischer, Case Western Reserve University
On July 12, President Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers concluded that America’s long-running war on poverty “is largely...
The GOP’s poor arguments for doubling down on SNAP’s work requirements
Patricia Smith, University of Michigan
Republicans aim to tighten the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s work requirements as part of the farm bill Congress is debating.
These...
Tax law’s ‘opportunity zones’ won’t create opportunities for the people who...
Timothy Weaver, University at Albany, State University of New York
The latest federal effort to revitalize impoverished parts of the country using tax incentives is...
MLK’s vision matters today for the 43 million Americans living in...
Joshua F.J. Inwood, Pennsylvania State University
On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, while fighting for a 10-cent wage increase...
Most panhandling laws are unconstitutional since there’s no freedom from speech
Joseph W. Mead, Cleveland State University
Thousands of U.S. cities restrict panhandling in some way. These ordinances limit face-to-face soliciting, including interactions that occur on...
How should we decide what to do?
Lori Gruen, Wesleyan University
Most of us are faced with ethical decisions on a regular basis. Some are relatively minor – perhaps your cousin makes...
For richer or poorer: 4 economists ponder what 2018 has in...
Greg Wright, University of California, Merced; Christos Makridis, Stanford University; Patricia Smith, University of Michigan, and William Hauk, University of South Carolina
Editor’s note: We...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
