At the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, governors and local government officials issued executive orders instructing non-essential businesses to close and encouraged residents to shelter in place. In a matter… 
In San Francisco, 64-year-old Kenneth Humphrey spent a year in jail, held on a $350,000 bond he could not pay, after being accused of entering a man’s home and stealing…
There is a lack of disaggregated data on Asian poverty in New York City. Asians in poverty are hidden behind the veil of the “model minority” stereotype, which masks the…
The American dream of economic success and wealth accumulation continues to slip away from the tired hands of most Americans because of low wages, unchecked poverty, and the sexist gender…
Children who experience hunger lack a fundamental building block to health and academic success. The School Breakfast Program (SBP) fights hunger, improves nutrition and is a readily available federally-funded resource…
A few weeks ago, at the beginning of August 2016, the 41st precinct in the South Bronx hosted a summer barbecue. My family and I live only a few blocks…
Intergenerational poverty is a problem that has plagued this nation due to a history of segregation and discrimination that has led to the exclusion of some groups from opportunities that…
Being obese in the United States is not rare, but it is detrimental to the overall health and economy of the American public. The U.S. spends $100 billion annually on obesity related…
Some journalists and scholars have referred to white poverty as an invisible form of poverty1. Its invisibility stems from its baffling absence from the discussion about poverty in America. How…
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