Matthew Desmond is a Princeton University professor and the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, a Pulitzer Prize, a PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award, and a National Book Critics Circle award. His ...

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore presented legislation he's championing to address child poverty to state lawmakers on Wednesday, laying out a locally focused plan to attack the root causes of concentrated ...

It’s at least arguable that the United States uses prison, or jail, as a punishment more than just a little too much. However, this new report insisting that half of all families have seen a member ...

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Poverty is a policy choice – not a personal failure. The author of “Hillbilly Elegy” says otherwise. This is not a commentary on the candidacy of author J.D. Vance, but on that flawed book and the ...

Social scientists and public officials have long identified poverty as a “root cause” of crime or, at least, as a significant “risk factor.” Such a causal linkage was made by Roman emperor Marcus ...

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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)-- UTEP, in collaboration with El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank and other organizations, presented the results of a study on Wednesday. The results used research to identify ...