Poverty Archives

09.29.2022 blocks with health and wealth

Health Equity

The Health of Wealth

Wealth drives longevity in all age groups, but it becomes more important for living longer the longer we live.

Fellow Bethany Hallenborg

05.16.2022 a pile of coins with a picture of a man on the side

Health Equity

Multidimensional Poverty in the US

Researchers examined six quality-of-life indicators to assess multidimensional poverty in the U.S. from 2008 to 2019.

Guest Author Shatakshee Dhongde

03.31.2022 Michelle Holder

Health Equity

Michelle Holder

Michelle Holder is the president and CEO of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth and Associate Professor of Economics at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in the City University of New York. She talked about barriers to equitable growth in the U.S., the health impacts of those barriers, and policies that can combat those barriers.

Fellow Abby Outterson

12.15.2021 piggy bank in life preserver

The Harm of Structural Racism and Surveillance Culture in Public Assistance

Efforts to link two public assistance programs encountered barriers - surveillance culture, institutional racism and gender discrimination.

Guest Authors Emily Brown Weida, Victoria Egan, Mariana Chilton

10.25.2021 Trautwein

Josh Trautwein

Josh Trautwein is co-founder and CEO of About Fresh, a Boston organization that provides healthy and affordable food.

Fellow Devin O'Donnell

10.06.2021 parental chart

The Case with CPS

Census and child protection data from 1999 to 2017 showed Black and American Indian families experienced involvement with Child Protection Services at twice the rates of white children.

Fellow Devin O'Donnell

08.23.2021 stack of bills

Medical Debt and Homelessness

Trouble paying medical bills extended homelessness by more than two years, researchers found among a sample of Seattle individuals.

Guest Author Jessica Bielenberg

06.03.2021 map with meal data

Meal Appeals

School districts across the nation during the Covid-19 pandemic began adjusting their school meal programs to ensure students continued to receive meals despite being absent from the school building.

Fellow Maya Thirkill

05.03.2021 envelope with eviction notice

Housing Policy & Health Equity During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Pandemic-related financial hardship has created an extreme eviction and housing crisis among low-income and predominantly minority communities already economically marginalized and experiencing high levels of Covid-19 infection and death.

Guest Authors Emily Benfer, Gregg Gonsalves, Danya Keene, David Vlahov

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