In the summer of 2021, a toxic, smoky haze stemming from Western wildfires wafted across large parts of the United States, while hurricanes wrought extensive flooding in the southern and…
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Stereotypes around parenthood are having a lasting effect on the gender pay gap, which has not budged in 20 years, according to a new study by Pew.
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Part of RAND’s Gun Policy in America project, this tool provides users with information about the distribution of firearms deaths across states and demographic subgroups, and how those deaths might be affected by the implementation of a set of common state firearm laws.
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Food, shelter and medical supplies are important but not the only things that help people get back on their feet.
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Tribes say the decision to reduce water flow “has more to do with potatoes than it does fish.”…
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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s (SNAP) emergency allotments (EAs) — temporary benefit increases that Congress enacted to address rising food insecurity and provide economic stimulus during the COVID-19 pandemic —…
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Click here for more.In the wake of the Turkey and Syria earthquakes, rescue workers searched through the rubble of thousands of collapsed buildings in freezing winter temperatures. But in many areas of northwestern Syria, survivors…
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Striving for equality is a participatory undertaking.
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To get a food co-op to form in Louisville’s largely Black neighborhood of Smoketown, co-op organizers needed to devise a different approach—rooted in community.
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Passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010 has helped farm workers get better medical care—and avoid trips to the emergency room.
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Current federal funding destined to help rebuild flood-ravaged eastern Kentucky is not enough for what advocates want.
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Prison life in the U.S. is tough. But when you have an intellectual, developmental or cognitive disability – as hundreds of thousands of Americans behind bars do – it can…