Mapping economic challenges in DC
New evidence for Mayor Bowser about the DC neighborhoods still struggling most
View ArticleDC's economic recovery: an unequal distribution
Evidence-based recommendations to help DC's new mayor tackle the most pressing economic and social problems of the nation's capital
View ArticlePoverty: Past, present, and future
The official poverty rate in 2014 stood at 14.8 percent, virtually the same level as in 1966. Confronting poverty is daunting. But we can make real progress if we choose to.
View ArticleHow expanded work requirements in the 2018 Farm Bill could affect SNAP...
Urban Institute analysis finds that 7.9 million SNAP participants would be subject to proposed work requirements.
View ArticleHave we won the War on Poverty? Not yet.
The President’s Council of Economic Advisers recently declared that the War on Poverty is “largely over and a success.”
View ArticleA Better Measure of Inflation Doesn’t Mean a Better Measure of Poverty
The Trump administration is proposing to change the way the US officially measures poverty.
View ArticleMore than Half a Million SNAP Recipients Could Lose Benefits over Time under...
The Trump administration has proposed changing how inflation is measured when setting federal poverty thresholds.
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