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Why U.S. Income Inequality Hasn’t Risen in a Decade
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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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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
December 6, 2019
Homelessness Jumps 16% in Los Angeles
The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority blamed "economic forces"
By Jasmine Aguilera
June 4, 2019
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
January 21, 2019
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
January 25, 2018
Better Sleep Can Protect Us From Trauma
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
January 10, 2018
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
December 19, 2017
Today’s Journalism Still Inspires Future Generations
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
October 6, 2017
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
August 3, 2017
When Did Being Busy Become Cool
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
May 26, 2017
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
May 2, 2017
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
April 6, 2017
Jennifer Garner Delivers Passionate Speech About Helping Children
'Neglect can be every bit as harmful as abuse'
By Ale Russian / People
March 17, 2017
Eliminating Waste Can Feed the Hungry—All of Them
"The problem of food waste contains within it the seeds of its solution"
By Judith Rodin
December 1, 2016
Overcooling Buildings Is Wasting Millions
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
September 14, 2016
Americans Are Making More Money, Except for the Ones That Aren't
The not-so-good news from the new Census figures
By Belinda Luscombe
September 13, 2016
Making Bail Makes All the Difference for People in Poverty
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
July 28, 2016
How Race and Poverty Can Affect Early Death
The connection between race, poverty and early death is well known. But how exactly do these factors contribute to dying early? A new study starts to tease out the reasons
By Alice Park
July 18, 2016
Why Do Millennials Have Kids Before Marriage? Jobs
A new study shows that high school graduates are now the fastest growing group of unmarried parents
By Belinda Luscombe
July 14, 2016
CAIR Official: Reckless Leaders Are Fueling Racial Balkanization of the U.S.
Even people with good intentions are speaking in ways that do not help
By Jimmy Jones
July 13, 2016
UNICEF Paints Grim Future for the World's Children
Millions more will live in destitution
By Casey Quackenbush
June 28, 2016
Why a 68-Year-Old Man in Nepal Went Back to School
His initially wary classmates started calling him "father"
By Caterina Clerici
June 15, 2016
What Bill Gates Would Do if He Were Living On $2 a Day
The richest man in the world thinks poultry is the next big thing
By Kathleen Elkins / Business Insider
June 9, 2016
Paul Ryan’s New Plan Will Put More Families in Poverty
The Democratic counterproposal is simple: let’s invest in what works
By Rep. Barbara Lee
June 8, 2016
Why Flint's Life Expectancy Is Below the National Average
Economic decline contributing to poor health
By Josh Sanburn
April 11, 2016
How We Can Teach Kids to Behave Themselves Online
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
March 24, 2016
Meet the MMA Fighter Hoping to Heal Pakistan
Pakistan's "godfather of MMA" has set up a gym to keep young, uneducated Pakistanis out of the clutches of fundamentalists
By Helen Regan / Lahore
March 16, 2016
Hong Kong’s Newest Conflict with China Is Over Independence
It’s a Saturday night in a crowded mall in one of Hong Kong’s northern suburbs, and Edward Leung is trying to sell hundreds of shoppers on a decidedly uncommercial message. “Ignite the revolution to reclaim...
By Simon Lewis/Hong Kong
March 10, 2016
Pediatricians Should 'Screen' Kids for Poverty, Says Group
It’s not a direct medical condition, but experts say poverty can have a major impact on children’s health, and doctors should be asking families about their financial situation
By Alice Park
March 9, 2016
Melinda Gates: 'Poverty is Sexist'
Women are more likely to be impoverished, and it’s harder for them to break out of it
By Melinda French Gates
March 8, 2016
The Rising Political Power of America's Single Women
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
February 26, 2016
How to Improve Your Commute With Apps That Talk to Traffic Lights
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
February 23, 2016
Why We Don't Talk About Rural Poverty
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
January 15, 2016
Paul Ryan Pushes Republicans to Make Poverty an Issue
The Speaker of the House makes his mark
By Zeke J Miller / Columbia, S.C.
January 9, 2016
How to Fix Gender Bias in the Sciences
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
January 6, 2016
Great Recession Hit Some Parts of U.S. Harder
These areas saw an increase in poverty and declines in homeownership and income
By Josh Sanburn
December 3, 2015
Anonymous Couple Drops $500,000 in Salvation Army Kettle
The couple wanted to return the favor after receiving charity earlier in their lives
By Daniel White
December 1, 2015
A Moving Reason to Set One More Place at Your Thanksgiving Table
Thanksgiving celebrants once added a "silent guest" to their holidays to help feed the hungry
By Lily Rothman
November 26, 2015
U.S. Has Nearly 565,000 Homeless, Report Says
One-fourth of them are children
By Rishi Iyengar
November 20, 2015
How Free Press Is the Best Weapon In America's Information War
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
November 3, 2015
Detroit Still America's Poorest Big City
There's no change at the bottom
By Josh Sanburn
September 17, 2015
Number of Uninsured Americans Drops by 8.8 Million
Officials credited the Affordable Care Act for much of the change
By Nolan Feeney
September 16, 2015
Here Are 5 Pope Francis Quotes On the Economy and Inequality
He has spoken out against 'the idolatry of money'
By Tom Huddleston, Jr. / Fortune
September 14, 2015
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