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September 16, 2016
Magazine
Clio Chang
The New Hillarycare
Clinton helped cast millions of children into poverty. Here's how she can make amends.
September 14, 2016
Sarah Jones
Trump’s supporters may be “deplorable.” But are they “irredeemable,” too?
September 13, 2016
Clio Chang
We are finally starting to recover from the recession.
August 29, 2016
Sarah Jones
Coal country still isn’t convinced by Clinton.
July 14, 2016
Esther Canty-Barnes
Racial Inequality Starts in Preschool
Studies show that black boys have a greater risk of suspension.
March 21, 2016
Clio Chang
Why Democrats Must Embrace A Universal Child Allowance
A new study shows that such a policy could cut child poverty in half.
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
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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
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