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Poverty
March 18, 2016
David Dayen
Why the Poor Get Trapped in Depressed Areas
It’s harder than ever for the poor to simply pick up and move.
March 1, 2016
Clio Chang
Ahead of Super Tuesday, Brookings has a handy chart showing where the candidates stand on poverty and opportunity.
January 25, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
At an Iowa Sanders rally, a woman tearfully describes poverty: “You’re ashamed all the time.”
January 18, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Why does Bernie always come back to economics?
January 13, 2016
Brian Beutler
Obama used his final State of the Union to destigmatize welfare and poverty.
December 14, 2015
Monica Potts
Dispossessed in the Land of Dreams
Those left behind by Silicon Valley’s technology boom struggle to stay in the place they call home.
November 9, 2015
Stan Cox, Paul Cox
A Rising Tide
Miami is sinking beneath the sea—but not without a fight.
October 12, 2015
Molly McManus
Why Do Rich Kids Do Better Than Poor Kids in School? It’s Not the “Word Gap.”
October 2, 2015
Noah Berlatsky
Why Are Liberals Obsessed With Using Contraception to Fight Poverty?
September 22, 2015
Elliot Berkman
Poor People Don't Have Less Self-Control. Poverty Forces Them to Think Short-Term.
June 29, 2015
David Dayen
The Housing Recovery Has Skipped Poor and Minority Neighborhoods
After the Supreme Court's fair-housing ruling, will the government finally do something about it?
May 27, 2015
Steven Lubet
Did This Acclaimed Sociologist Drive the Getaway Car in a Murder Plot?
The questionable ethics of Alice Goffman's "On the Run"
March 10, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Poor People Don't Need Better Social Norms. They Need Better Social Policies.
What David Brooks doesn't understand about poverty
February 15, 2015
Michael A. Cooper Jr.
The War on the War on Poverty
North Carolina conservatives are ousting the state's anti-poverty advocates
February 10, 2015
Cristian Farias
Another Battle Begins in Ferguson—This Time, in Federal Court
February 9, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Red States' New Tax on the Poor: Mandatory Drug Tests for Welfare Recipients
February 5, 2015
Nathan J. Robinson
No One Should Have to Walk 21 Miles to Work
A Detroit man's awful commute epitomizes America's broken policies.
January 27, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Wealth Doesn't Make the Rich Happier, But Poverty Makes the Poor Sadder
January 27, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Why Do Teen Girls in America Want to Get Pregnant?
January 22, 2015
Alice Robb
Study: Poor Boys Are More Likely to Fight, Lie, and Steal If They Live in Mixed-Income Housing

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