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Student absenteeism: Who misses school and how missing school matters for performance
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Digging into the 2017 ACS: Improved income growth for Native Americans, but lots of variation in the pace of recovery for different Asian ethnic groups
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Poverty declined in most states in 2017
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Household incomes in 2017 stayed on existing trends in most states; incomes in 21 states are still below their pre-recession levels
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Government programs kept tens of millions out of poverty in 2017
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10 years after the start of the Great Recession, black and Asian households have yet to recover lost income
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One in nine U.S. workers are paid wages that can leave them in poverty, even when working full time
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The erosion of the federal minimum wage has increased poverty, especially for black and Hispanic families
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The rise in child poverty reveals racial inequality, more than a failed War on Poverty
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Countries investing more in social programs have less child poverty
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50 years after the Poor People’s Campaign, poverty persists because of a stingy safety net and a dysfunctional labor market
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Poverty persists 50 years after the Poor People’s Campaign: Black poverty rates are more than twice as high as white poverty rates
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As Wisconsin’s and Minnesota’s lawmakers took divergent paths, so did their economies: Since 2010, Minnesota’s economy has performed far better for working families than Wisconsin’s
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50 years after the Kerner Commission: African Americans are better off in many ways but are still disadvantaged by racial inequality
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How to improve infrastructure project selection: Account for positive regional spillovers, environmental impacts, and job creation benefits
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One-third of Native American and African American children are (still) in poverty
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Poverty declines in most states in 2016
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Poverty declined modestly in 2016; government programs continued to keep tens of millions out of poverty
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New census data show strong 2016 earnings growth across-the-board, with black and Hispanic workers seeing the fastest growth for second consecutive year
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What to watch for the in the 2016 Census data on earnings, incomes, and poverty
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Is poverty a mindset?
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New Census data show strong 2015 earnings growth across the board, with black and Hispanic workers seeing the fastest growth
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By the Numbers: Income and Poverty, 2015
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Superb income growth in 2015 nearly single-handedly restored incomes lost in the Great Recession
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What to watch for in the Census income and poverty data
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How one Missouri school district took on poverty (and a tornado)
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An honest discussion of how to reduce poverty: strengthen the safety net and raise wages across the board
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The real American retirement crisis: Too many seniors are working or poor
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Most child care workers can’t even afford care for their own children