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How Today’s Tight Labor Market Could Have Lasting Impacts on Poverty
Dec 18 2023
By Katherine Newman and Elisabeth Jacobs, co-authors of Moving the Needle: What Tight Labor Markets Do for the PoorFor nearly half a century, scholars and policymakers alike have pointed to the devasting impact of joblessness for individuals, families, and communities. William Julius Wilson’s cl
The South Bronx battles on amidst the pandemic, the protests, and police violence
Jun 30 2020
by Carolyn McLaughlin, author of South Bronx BattlesLast year, I released South Bronx Battles, a chronicle and tribute to the South Bronx as a community that has worked to create a vibrant, diverse culture while remaining a safe haven for poor families. Resisting the ravaging forces of syste
How the spike in unemployment from Covid-19 could set us back on gender equality
Jun 15 2020
by Aliya Hamid Rao, author of Crunch Time: How Married Couples Confront UnemploymentAs of April 2020, the unemployment rate in the U.S stands at 14.7% (4 percentage points higher than the worst months of the Great Recession of 2007-2009). 23.1 million people have lost their jobs.These number