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Rural Black Opioid Addiction is Rising

By Jerel Ezell

Why U.S. Income Inequality Hasn’t Risen in a Decade

By Nik Popli

See How COVID-19 Is Causing a Housing Crisis for Women

By Kathleen Flynn and Spencer Bakalar

Child Poverty Is a Moral Tragedy. This Policy Would Significantly Reduce the Number of Kids Affected

By Jeff Madrick
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There Are Far Too Many 'Deaths of Despair' in the U.S. How Much Longer Will We Turn Our Backs on This Crisis?

'Deaths of despair' have sent life expectancy in the U.S. falling for three years in a row

By Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

Trump Administration’s New Food Stamp Rule: What to Know

The Trump Administration tightened its rules for obtaining food stamp benefits this week, in a move many experts and community organizers fear could have a detrimental effect on the nearly 700,000 vulnerable Americans it's expected...

By Jasmine Aguilera

Homelessness Jumps 16% in Los Angeles

The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority blamed "economic forces"

By Jasmine Aguilera

Report: 26 People Own as Much as the Poorest 3.8 Billion

The world's billionaires grew $2.5 billion richer by the day last year

By Casey Quackenbush

Why GDP Is a Terrible Metric for Success and Wealth

Shortly before British voters took what most economists regarded as the suicidal decision to leave the E.U., Anand Menon, a professor of European politics at King's College London, was in the northern city of Newcastle....

By David Pilling

States of Vulnerability

Award-winning photographer Matt Black has spent the past four years traveling the country to document impoverished communities for his project, “The Geography of Poverty.” These previously unpublished photographs, taken between December 2016 and September 2017,...

By Eben Shapiro and Wes Moore

Better Sleep Can Protect Us From Trauma

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By The Aspen Institute

Money Can’t Buy Happiness, But It Does Change How You Experience It

People feel happiness in different ways—and one possible factor is how much money they make, according to new research. People with higher incomes tend to feel more positive emotions focused on themselves, say researchers, while...

By Amanda MacMillan

Today’s Journalism Still Inspires Future Generations

These are today's best ideas

By The Aspen Institute

Poverty and Death in Indonesia's Land of Gold

Very few have reached the Papuan highlands, where locals have long reported extrajudicial killings, rape and torture at the hands of Indonesian police

By Febriana Firdaus / Enarotali and Jayapura, Papua

These 1940s Photographs of Pittsburgh Steel Worker Families Hold a Mystery

Do you recognize the people or places?

By Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk

When Did Being Busy Become Cool

These are today's best ideas

By The Aspen Institute

Hope Amid Despair in One Black Suburb

"There are signs of despair, but the overlying work is about hope and resilience."

By Alexandra Genova

Japan's Missing People: On the Trail of the Johatsu

While the johatsu are by definition hard to find, there can be no doubting the unique pressures and alienation felt by Japanese in a society that many would like to disappear from if they could

By Joseph Hincks / Tokyo

The Richest Americans Live 10 Years Longer than the Poorest

Money may not buy you happiness, but it may help buy you health, and ultimately a longer life. Researchers analyzing data on income disparities and health outcomes in the U.S. found that health gaps between...

By Alice Park

Jennifer Garner Delivers Passionate Speech About Helping Children

'Neglect can be every bit as harmful as abuse'

By Ale Russian / People
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