By Paul Shafer, Boston University and Nicole Huberfeld, Boston UniversityEfforts by Republicans in Congress to make steep spending cuts have…
Tag: low-income
More Americans of all political stripes support government benefits for low-income people − and Black Lives Matter could be a big reason why
By Karyn Vilbig, New York University For all the apparent division over Black Lives Matter, the movement may have had…
Cutting Medicaid and federal programs are among 4 key Trump administration policy changes that could make life harder for disabled people
By Matthew Borus, Binghamton University, State University of New York While policy debates on immigration, abortion and other issues took…
Rising house prices don’t just make it harder to become a homeowner – they also widen the racial wealth gap
By Joe LaBriola, University of Michigan Homeownership – long a cornerstone of the “the American dream” – is increasingly out…
Republicans are eyeing cuts to Medicaid. What’s Medicaid, again?
In January, during a congressional hearing on his way to becoming secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services,…
Black Americans still suffer worse health. Here’s why there’s so little progress.
By Fred Clasen-Kelly and Renuka Rayasam, California Healthline October 28, 2024 KINGSTREE, S.C. — One morning in late April, a…
Neediest areas are being shortchanged on government funds − even with programs designed to benefit poor communities
By Eric Stokan, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Aaron Deslatte, Indiana University, and Michael Overton, University of Idaho If you…
Power outages linked to heat and storms are rising, and low-income communities are most at risk, as a new NYC study shows
By Nina Flores, Columbia University and Joan A. Casey, University of Washington Many Americans think of power outages as infrequent…
Millions were booted from Medicaid. The insurers that run it gained revenue anyway.
By Phil Galewitz. California Healthline April 26, 2024 Private Medicaid health plans lost millions of members in the past year…
Graduation rates for low-income students lag while their student loan debt soars
By Robert Samuels, University of California, Santa Barbara The Conversation, CC BY-ND A recent federal study on graduation rates for…
