Milwaukee has a poverty problem that usually doesn’t trigger outrage until something shocking happens – which happened on Sept. 16 when police discovered six children, ages 2 months to 9 years, locked ...
Poverty and mental illness are not only linked, but there is also a causal relationship. This is the conclusion of researchers from Amsterdam UMC, the University of Edinburgh and the University of ...
Over the past half-century, virtually all aspects of social life have deteriorated in America. We spend less time with fewer friends, form fewer families and have turned away from organized civic life ...
Can poverty exacerbate mental health problems among the youngest family members? A new study by an international team, including a researcher from SWPS University, demonstrates that financial problems ...
For the richest country in history, poverty in America remains jarringly widespread. Taking government assistance into account, one in eight American adults was classified as poor on the eve of the ...
Princeton University sociologist Matthew Desmond explores why poverty persists in America — and how to end it — in his new book, "Poverty, By America." Why does poverty persist in America, the richest ...
Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. “In a nutshell, poverty persists because of a lot of us benefit. We allow it, we ...
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Poverty, reform and the problem of causation

–Why hardship cannot be made to testify against the reforms that seek to dismantle the conditions that produced itBy Tanimu Yakubu The seduction of the wrong conclusionRelated NewsDIG Mohammed Gumel ...
One of the greatest lessons I’ve ever learned was that if you really want to solve a problem, you must start at the origins of it. Rather than spending time wrestling with the effects of a bigger ...
It takes one look at state data to see that Lucas County has a poverty problem. As many Toledoans live below the poverty line a new University of Toledo study is offering insight on the issue. "[This] ...
Children born into poor families are more likely to exhibit aggressive, impulsive behaviors throughout childhood, according to a new study from the University of Georgia. Previous research connects ...