“CityLab Editor’s note: Earlier this month, the White House surprised many observers by declaring a successful end to the War on Poverty. Now, the future of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is in the hands of Congress as it negotiates a farm bill. So CityLab visual storyteller Ariel Aberg-Riger is taking a closer look… Continue Reading
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HHS Report – Economic Opportunity and the Opioid Crisis: Geographic and Economic Trends
“This study examines relationships between indicators of economic opportunity and the prevalence of prescription opioids and substance use in the United States. We have three primary findings: The prevalence of drug overdose deaths and opioid prescriptions has risen unevenly across the county, with rural areas more heavily impacted. Specific geographic areas, such as Appalachia, parts… Continue Reading
The World Isn’t Prepared for Retirement
Bloomberg: It’s not just America. New data show people all over the globe don’t understand basic concepts of investment and inflation. “Most online quizzes are relatively mindless, promising to reveal which vegetable, sandwich or rock band best represents your personality. That was not the case for a short online test given to 16,000 people in 15 countries… Continue Reading
Global Findex Database Measuring Financial Inclusion and the Fintech Revolution
“Financial inclusion is on the rise globally, accelerated by mobile phones and the internet, but gains have been uneven across countries. A new World Bank report on the use of financial services also finds that men remain more likely than women to have an account. Globally, 69 percent of adults – 3.8 billion people –… Continue Reading
K-12 Education: Discipline Disparities for Black Students, Boys, and Students with Disabilities
K-12 Education: Discipline Disparities for Black Students, Boys, and Students with Disabilities GAO-18-258: Published: Mar 22, 2018. Publicly Released: Apr 4, 2018. “Black students, boys, and students with disabilities were disproportionately disciplined (e.g., suspensions and expulsions) in K-12 public schools, according to GAO’s analysis of Department of Education (Education) national civil rights data for school… Continue Reading
International economic development – Principal Internet resources
ETTINGER, David. International economic development: Principal Internet resources. College & Research Libraries News, [S.l.], v. 79, n. 3, p. 144, feb. 2018. ISSN 2150-6698. Available at: <https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/16905/18563>. Date accessed: 29 mar. 2018. doi:https://doi.org/10.5860/crln.79.3.144. “From attempts to uplift millions of peoples from the throes of abject poverty and starvation to global assistance programs to benefit developing… Continue Reading
Report – The Alt-Right is Killing People
In this article – “The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) counted over 100 people killed or injured by alleged perpetrators influenced by the so-called “alt-right” — a movement that continues to access the mainstream and reach young recruits,” by Keegan Hankes and Alex Amend. The Killings Started in California 2017: A Year of Alt-Right Violence… Continue Reading
Oxfam – The State of Inequality in the World
“Our new report about the state of inequality in the world reveals how our economy is delivering unimaginable rewards for those at the top by exploiting millions of ordinary workers at the bottom…Last year saw the biggest increase in billionaires in history, one more every two days. This huge increase could have ended global extreme… Continue Reading
U.S. Welfare Reform Efforts Have Been Based on an Availability of Work that Doesn’t Always Exist
“Hilary W. Hoynes, an NBER research associate and professor of economics and public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, specializes in the study of poverty, food and nutrition programs, and the impacts of government tax and transfer programs on low income families. In this video, she outlines successes and failures of federal efforts to… Continue Reading
Visualizing Unequal Distribution of Gun Violence in the US
The Guardian: “The map of America’s gun violence epidemic can seem overwhelming. There were more than 13,000 gun homicides in the US in 2015, across nearly 3,500 cities and towns. But the toll of this gun violence was not distributed equally. Half of America’s gun homicides in 2015 were clustered in just 127 cities and… Continue Reading
Journal of African American Studies published free issue completely focused on Prince
Journal of African American Studies, Volume 21, Issue 3, September 2017. Special Issue on Prince (free to read online – PDF download of all articles in this issue also free) “The primary responsibility of the scholar is to put in historical, political, and social context that which has not only shaped our thinking about people,… Continue Reading
Government Gets Lower Ratings for Handling Health Care, Environment, Disaster Response
“Since 2015, opinions about the federal government’s handling of several major issues have become less positive and much more partisan. Yet majorities continue to say the government should have a “major role” on such issues as defending against terrorism and helping lift people from poverty. And views about government’s role, unlike its performance, have changed… Continue Reading
