Trump is slashing safety nets for Native communities: This will widen disparities in poverty, food insecurity, and health care access

November 10, 2025 By Ismael Cid-Martinez and Stevie Marvin Blog

Racial and ethnic disparities in the United States: An interactive chartbook

October 15, 2025 Report

Hispanic workers have shown remarkable resilience in the labor market despite Trump destroying job growth

September 22, 2025 By Ismael Cid-Martinez Blog

New state income and poverty data show a strong economy in 2024, but Trump policies threaten progress

September 11, 2025 By Nina Mast, Emma Cohn, and David Cooper Blog

The last two recessions have hit low-income families of color hard: Trump’s economic agenda will expose millions to even more pain when the next recession strikes

August 26, 2025 By Ismael Cid-Martinez, Valerie Wilson, and Stevie Marvin Report

The federal minimum wage is officially a poverty wage in 2025

April 28, 2025 By Sebastian Martinez Hickey and Ismael Cid-Martinez Blog

Trump is putting crucial school funding at risk by dismantling the Department of Education: See how much federal funding your school district could lose

April 17, 2025 By Hilary Wething and Emma Cohn Blog

Child poverty bankrupts Dr. King’s dream for economic justice

January 15, 2025 By Ismael Cid-Martinez and Valerie Wilson Blog

Real median household income rose sharply in 2023—a testament to the strength of the economic recovery

September 10, 2024 By Elise Gould and Josh Bivens Blog

A 2023 Census data preview: Household incomes likely rose because of a strong labor market and falling inflation

September 6, 2024 By Elise Gould Blog

The strong labor market recovery has helped Hispanic workers, but the end of economic relief measures has worsened income and poverty disparities

October 19, 2023 By Ismael Cid-Martinez, Daniel Perez, and Stevie Marvin Blog

The expiration of pandemic-era public assistance measures fueled poverty increases in the majority of states (Corrected)

September 28, 2023 By Chandra Childers Blog

Despite a strong labor market, the choice to allow pandemic-era public assistance programs to expire increased poverty across all racial groups in 2022

September 18, 2023 By Kyle K. Moore and Adewale A. Maye Blog

The end of key U.S. public assistance measures pushed millions of people into poverty in 2022

September 12, 2023 By Ismael Cid-Martinez and Ben Zipperer Blog

Poverty increased sharply in 2022 due to safety net cutbacks and inflation shock: Strong labor market signals a better 2023

September 12, 2023 By Elise Gould and Ismael Cid-Martinez Statement

2022 Census data preview: Poverty rates expected to increase as high inflation and the loss of safety net programs overshadow labor market improvements

September 8, 2023 By Elise Gould and Ismael Cid-Martinez Blog

Domestic Workers Chartbook 2022: A comprehensive look at the demographics, wages, benefits, and poverty rates of the professionals who care for our family members and clean our homes

November 22, 2022 By Asha Banerjee, Katherine deCourcy, Kyle K. Moore, and Julia Wolfe Report

Child Tax Credit expansions were instrumental in reducing poverty rates to historic lows in 2021

September 22, 2022 By Elise Gould Blog

Poverty is a policy choice: State-level data show pandemic safety net programs prevented a rise in poverty in every state

September 16, 2022 By Marokey Sawo Blog

Pandemic safety net programs kept millions out of poverty in 2021, new Census data show

September 13, 2022 By Asha Banerjee and Ben Zipperer Blog

Advancing anti-racist economic research and policy: Perspectives and resources on race, ethnicity, and the economy

June 15, 2022 By Valerie Wilson, Adewale A. Maye, Trevon D. Logan, Kyle K. Moore, Angela Lang, Janelle Wong, Francisca Antman, and Patrice H. Kunesh Report

All states must set higher wage benchmarks for home health care workers

June 2, 2022 By Cassandra Robertson, Marokey Sawo, and David Cooper Report

Guest post: Food insufficiency in families with children increased after expiration of Child Tax Credit monthly payments

May 20, 2022 By Julia Raifman and Allison Bovell-Ammon Blog

Setting higher wages for child care and home health care workers is long overdue

November 18, 2021 By Asha Banerjee, Elise Gould, and Marokey Sawo Report

Moral policy = Good economics: Lifting up poor and working-class people—and our whole economy

October 27, 2021 By Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, Shailly Gupta Barnes, Josh Bivens, Krista Faries, Thea M. Lee, and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis Report

Pandemic-related economic insecurity among Black and Hispanic households would have been worse without a swift policy response

September 16, 2021 By Kyle K. Moore and Valerie Wilson Blog

Social insurance programs cushioned the blow of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020

September 14, 2021 By Asha Banerjee and Ben Zipperer Blog

By the Numbers: Income and Poverty, 2020

September 14, 2021 By Jori Kandra and Daniel Perez Blog

The 2020 Census report highlights the costs of the pandemic and benefits of early policy safety net measures

September 14, 2021 By Elise Gould Blog

Policymakers cannot relegate another generation to underresourced K–12 education because of an economic recession

July 14, 2021 By Sylvia Allegretto, Emma García, and Elaine Weiss Blog

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