A new report by Columbia University researchers and the Robin Hood Foundation shows that between 2021 and 2022, the share of New Yorkers living in poverty — defined as income plus benefits that don’t ...

In the 1619 Project, sociologist Matthew Desmond used faulty accounting to magnify the importance of the slave economy to United States’ economic growth, as well as grossly misunderstanding the ...

Assistant Professor of Digital and Computational Studies (DCS) Fernando Nascimento hired Ashley Morash ’26 and Ben Israel ’25 this summer to help him tackle some of the more persistent dimensions of ...

One in five children in the Volusia-Flagler area goes to bed hungry because they come from impoverished families. Provision ...

The startup, Karya, pays thousands of people in low-income communities to create voice recordings and text on their smartphones. It can be easy to overlook the people behind all the technology we use.

A Three-day Learning Event in Washington DC Celebrates the Impact of the USAID-funded Graduating to Resilience Activity "This Summit gives us a chance to tackle pivotal questions," said Giampaolo ...

What is the state of the Bronx in 2024? Recovery from the pandemic remains inequitable, especially in the Bronx. At Oyate Group we believe recovery begins with identifying and supporting the economic ...

(RNS) — In the run-up to Election Day in 2020, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden delivered a major address on strategies to reduce U.S. poverty. To his credit, that strategy was later reflected in ...

There is no shortage of government and foundation programs to reduce poverty. Despite the progress made over the last 50 years, poverty persists. Look at India’s growth in the last two decades fueled ...

At the start of the 2022-2023 academic year, three Dornsife School of Public Health master’s students worked together to complete an Applied Practical Experience at the Center for Leadership, ...

I'm Ed Gordon and this is NEWS & NOTES. A few months ago in Baltimore, a small group of graduates held a big celebration. Couples completed a five-month class on how to be a pair and build a life ...

A contributor to the factually challenged 1619 Project attempts to tackle the problem of poverty in the U.S. The results are, unsurprisingly, defective. In the 1619 Project, sociologist Matthew ...