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Is There a Constitutional Remedy for the Entrapment of the Urban Underclass?
Dawinder S. Sidhu, June 2013
Race and Ethnicity, Cities and Regions, Antipoverty Policy, Courts & Court Decisions
Why Does Growing Income Inequality Matter to People and Politics?
Charlotte Cavaille, June 2013
Economic Growth & Innovation, Inequality & the Middle Class
What Happens to Poor Families When They Hit Welfare Time Limits and Cash Benefits Disappear?
Sandra Butler, May 2013
Family Policies, Antipoverty Policy, Public Sector Reforms
If Immigration Reform is Enacted, Will Newly Legalized Migrants Have Access to Federal Social Benefits?
Cybelle Fox, May 2013
Public Budgets and Taxes, Immigrants & Immigration Reform, Social Security, Antipoverty Policy
Americans Care about Inequality When It Limits Opportunity
Leslie McCall, April 2013
Inequality & the Middle Class, Media and Public Opinion
Why Do Some U.S. States Support Elders Better Than Others?
Charles Lockhart, April 2013
Cities and Regions, Aging Society, Medicare & Medicaid, Social Security
To Help Disadvantaged Children Learn, We Must Acknowledge that Poverty Hampers Education
Helen F. Ladd, January 2013
Children & Families, School Reform, K-12 Education, Antipoverty Policy
How the Wealthiest of America's Rich Make Their Money
Alexander Hicks, January 2013
Inequality & the Middle Class
Why Poverty Leads to Obesity and Life-Long Problems
Hedwig Lee, December 2012
Health Care Reform, Antipoverty Policy
When Easy Credit Replaces Wage Increases, Prosperity is Fragile and America's Middle Class Suffers
Kevin T. Leicht, December 2012
Economic Growth & Innovation, Inequality & the Middle Class
The Strengths and Limits of the Earned Income Tax Credit as a Tool to Fight Poverty
Daniel S. Feder, November 2012
Public Budgets and Taxes, Antipoverty Policy
Remaking Social Security as a Compact Across Generations to Support Family Care as Well as Retirement
Myra Marx Ferree, October 2012
Social Security
Misinformation Campaigns in the Long War to Undermine Social Security
Max J. Skidmore, October 2012
Social Security, Media and Public Opinion
Should We Cut Social Security to Reduce the Deficit?
Max J. Skidmore, September 2012
Social Security
How Head Start Helps to Fight Childhood Obesity
David E. Frisvold, September 2012
Health Care Reform, Preschool Education, Antipoverty Policy
What Americans Think about the Future of Social Security
Fay Lomax Cook and Rachel L. Moskowitz, September 2012
Social Security, Media and Public Opinion
How to Reduce Persistent Poverty for Single Mothers
Randy Albelda, August 2012
Jobs and Workers, Women, Antipoverty Policy
The Prospects for Reducing Poverty are Dismal - Unless America's Leaders Change Course
Sheldon Danziger, August 2012
Jobs and Workers, Economic Growth & Innovation, Unemployment Insurance, Antipoverty Policy
How to Make Sure a Growing U.S. Economy Helps the Poor
Lane Kenworthy, July 2012
Antipoverty Policy
How the GOP-Backed Ryan Plan Threatens Middle-Class Retirement Security
Nancy J. Altman, Eric Kingson and Benjamin Veghte, July 2012
Social Security
Why State Unemployment Insurance is Broken – And What Can be Done to Fix It
Jeffrey B. Wenger, May 2012
Unemployment Insurance
How the 1970s Made America Both More and Less Equal
Thomas Borstelmann, May 2012
Inequality & the Middle Class
Why the Rich Have an Interest in Paying Higher Taxes
Robert H. Frank, May 2012
Public Budgets and Taxes, Inequality & the Middle Class
Are Americans Losing the Chance to Retire Comfortably?
John C. Scott, May 2012
Aging Society, Social Security
Race and Penalties at the Frontlines of Welfare Reform
Joe Soss, May 2012
Race and Ethnicity, Antipoverty Policy
Rethinking the Safety Net for Low-Income Americans
Scott W. Allard, May 2012
Antipoverty Policy
How Neighborhoods Can Help Poor Black Women Fight AIDS
Celeste Watkins-Hayes, May 2012
Race and Ethnicity, Antipoverty Policy
Race, Immigration, and the American Welfare State
Cybelle Fox, April 2012
Race and Ethnicity, Immigrants & Immigration Reform, Social Security, Antipoverty Policy
What Can Government Do to Support Employed Mothers?
Ann Orloff, April 2012
Women, Antipoverty Policy
$2-a-Day Poverty in the United States
Kathryn Edin and Luke Shaefer, April 2012
Race and Ethnicity, Antipoverty Policy
Social Security is in Good Shape – And Does Not Drive the Deficit
Theda Skocpol and Benjamin Veghte, April 2012
Social Security
Paid Family Leave in California and New Jersey: The Benefits for Working Families and Employers
Eileen Appelbaum and Ruth Milkman, March 2012
Jobs and Workers, Women, Inequality & the Middle Class
The Rising Challenge of Poverty in the Suburbs
Margaret Weir, March 2012
Cities and Regions, Antipoverty Policy
Opening the Doors to Higher Education for Low-Income Women: The Success of Maine’s Parents as Scholars Program
Sandra Butler and Luisa S. Deprez, March 2012
Women, Higher Education, Antipoverty Policy
Who Gets What They Want from Government?
Martin Gilens, March 2012
Inequality & the Middle Class, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Media and Public Opinion
Low-Wage Workers and Paid Family Leave: The California Experience
Eileen Appelbaum and Ruth Milkman, March 2012
Jobs and Workers, Women, Inequality & the Middle Class
Fathers' Work and Child Wellbeing
Christine Percheski and Christopher Wildeman, March 2012
Inequality & the Middle Class, Antipoverty Policy
Union Decline and Rising U.S. Wage Inequality
Jake Rosenfeld and Bruce Western, March 2012
Unions & the Labor Movement, Jobs and Workers, Inequality & the Middle Class
Human Capital in Difficult Times: Maine's Competitive Skills Scholarship Program
Sandra Butler, Luisa S. Deprez and John Dorrer, March 2012
Higher Education, Antipoverty Policy
Why U.S. Unemployment Insurance is in Financial Trouble
Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, February 2012
Unemployment Insurance
How Social Security Encourages Older Americans to be Active Citizens
Andrea Louise Campbell, January 2012
Aging Society, Social Security, Civic Engagement
How Government by the Privileged Distorts Economic Policy
Nicholas Carnes, January 2012
Unions & the Labor Movement, Public Budgets and Taxes, Inequality & the Middle Class, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy
How the GI Bill Built the Middle Class and Enhanced Democracy
Suzanne Mettler, January 2012
Higher Education, Inequality & the Middle Class, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy
Fighting Rigged Markets Promotes Equal Opportunity
Dean Baker, December 2011
Jobs and Workers, Economic Growth & Innovation, Inequality & the Middle Class
Beyond Class War: Americans Want Government to Promote Equal Opportunity
Lawrence R. Jacobs, December 2011
Inequality & the Middle Class, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Media and Public Opinion
How Washington Has Made the Rich Richer – And Abandoned the Middle Class
Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson , October 2011
Public Budgets and Taxes, Inequality & the Middle Class, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy