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The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) released a new report titled Income Inequality in the U.S. by State, Metropolitan Area, and County. The report documents income inequality across the U.S. dating back to 1917. The authors conclude that income inequality is a long term, widespread trend that has…
A report by Civic Enterprises and Hart Research Associates, Hidden in Plain Sight: Homeless Students in America’s Public Schools, analyzes the increase in housing instability among children in public schools. The McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance Act was passed thirty years ago to provide…
A report by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy titled Lifting the High Energy Burden in America’s Largest Cities: How Energy Efficiency Can Improve Low Income and Underserved Communities shows that low income households, renters, and African American households face greater energy…
A report published by The Brookings Institution titled U.S. Concentrated Poverty in the Wake of the Great Recession shows a significant increase in the number of people living in concentrated poverty across the United States, particularly among blacks and Hispanics. Concentrated poverty has also…