This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Child poverty is an issue that is often discussed both in the media and by policymakers. Unfortunately, the many faulty assumptions surrounding this issue lead to misdirected responses. Interested in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In May 2016, Senator Mike Lee (R–UT) and Representative Jim Jordan (R–OH) introduced the Welfare Reform and Upward Mobility Act.[1] This legislation takes a number of significant steps towards reforming the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. GiveWell aims to find giving opportunities that allow donors to do as much good as possible with their donations, and our research efforts focus on that goal … We share…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Every April, Match High School principal Hannah Larkin and the staff celebrate a few major college admission victories in the senior class. Much to their dismay, they also become bearers…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s time to scale up what works in order to close the staggering racial wealth gap and increase financial security for all Americans. Read more about economic development on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A little more than a year ago, a 29-year-old gunman opened fire inside the Pulse nightclub, a gay bar in Orlando. It has since become known as the nation’s deadliest…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Four out of the last five years, the KIDS COUNT Data Book has ranked North Dakota first and Mississippi last in economic well-being. These rankings suggest contrasting landscapes of economic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Contrary to economic arguments against refugee resettlement, recent research suggests refugees generate positive economic benefits for their host countries. Recent studies—by the Open Political Economy Network and the Tent Foundation,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sesame’s mission of helping kids grow smarter, stronger, and kinder is now competing in a very different media landscape than the one into which it was born. Read more about…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Disasters bring out the best in people. Donations to charities surge as television coverage increases. Yet we know from experience that both coordination and effective spending of donor dollars is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Rahaman Kilpatrick left Philadelphia in 1992, he took the city’s mantra of brotherly love right along with him. The self-taught barber offers free haircuts to men with upcoming job…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At the height of the Great Recession, when the unemployment rate reached 10 percent, at least 40 states used federal funds under a special emergency program to put more than…