Tag: U.S. poverty
3 ways $2 trillion for infrastructure can fight inequality too
Steven Pressman, Colorado State University
Imagine you have US$2 trillion to spend on patching up America’s crumbling roads, levees and other infrastructure. What would you...
Why LeBron James’ I Promise School should be more like LeBron...
Nolan Krueger, University of Texas at Austin; Kevin O'Neal Cokley, University of Texas at Austin, and Marlon L. Bailey, University of Texas at Austin
When...
The 2019 government shutdown is just the latest reason why poor...
Jamila Michener, Cornell University
I conduct a lot of in-depth interviews with people like a woman I’ll call Angie as part of my work as...
Why turning homelessness into a crime is cruel and costly
Joseph W. Mead, Cleveland State University and Sara Rankin, Seattle University
Increasingly, local laws punish Americans who are homeless.
By severely restricting or even barring the...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
