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July 2, 2021
Addressing the Shortcomings of the Supplemental Poverty Measure
…a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) panel formed to evaluate and recommend improvements to the SPM. To inform the NASEM panel and the debate on poverty measurement…
June 10, 2021
Long Shadows: The Black-White Gap in Multigenerational Poverty
…the civil rights victories of the 1960s, racial gaps in poverty and opportunity remain a cause for national shame. Three-generation poverty occurs among one in 100 Whites but describes the…
April 19, 2021
The Role of Community in Place-based Giving
…other and with people who have a natural interest in helping them is a better giving strategy than is relying on an outcomes-focused, top-down approach. Specifically, community-minded funders could focus…
May 4, 2020
How To Educate an American
In the years after A Nation at Risk, conservatives’ ideas to reform America’s lagging education system gained much traction. Key items like school choice and rigorous academic standards drew bipartisan support…
January 17, 2020
Rethinking Reentry
…and is currently at a 10-year low, the United States still incarcerates more people per capita than any other nation. This level of incarceration has real consequences. By some estimates, nearly 70 million Americans have a criminal record. According…
November 13, 2019
Work, Family, and Community
…adequacy of the existing safety net to reduce material hardship and meet the future challenges facing this nation. Our perspective is broad and moves from the effects of each individual…