How Simplistic Explanations of Poverty Miss the Mark

‘If only they made better life choices’ – simplistic explanations of poverty and food insecurity miss the mark.

U.S. income inequality grew in 2021 for the first time in a decade, according to data the Census Bureau released in September 2022.

Why do we glorify “self-made” billionaires? Well, being “self-made” is a seductive idea —it suggests that anybody can get to the top if they’re willing to work hard enough. It’s what the American Dream is all about.

As a clinical psychologist, one issue I find alarming, but has barely been discussed, is the possible effect this will have on the mental health

Whiteness is a modern, colonial invention. It was devised in the 17th century and used to provide the logic for genocide and slavery.

In the closing years of Elizabeth I’s reign, England saw the emergence of arguably the world’s first effective welfare state. Laws were established which successfully protected people from rises in food prices.

One recent poll suggests nearly 60 per cent of Canadians support a basic income of $30,000. In another poll, 57 per cent of Canadians agree that Canada should create a basic universal income for all Canadians, regardless of employment.

New research finds men’s risk tolerance and overconfidence play a role in the gender wage gap.

Britain’s energy regulator Ofgem is set to increase its cap on energy prices by 54% this April 2022. This is in response to the skyrocketing price of gas, aggravated by demand picking up as countries relaxed lockdown measures, low-wind speeds, and bottlenecks in supply chains.

President Biden’s Build Back Better plan calls for a second year of an expanded child tax credit disbursed monthly. But that package of measures stalled in the Senate after passing the House in November 2021.

Legislative progress came to a sudden stop a month later when Sen. Joe Manchin announced, in a Fox News interview, that he would not support it.

Sixteen universities – including six in the Ivy League – are accused in a lawsuit of having engaged in price fixing and unfairly limiting financial aid by using a shared methodology to calculate the financial need of applicants.

Dickens consciously thought of A Christmas Carol as a message book, which he hoped would deliver what he called a 'sledge-hammer' blow on behalf of ameliorating the suffering of the urban poor

The precarious economies of many traditional seaside towns have declined still further since the 1970s when an explosion of cheap holiday flights and package tours to Spain and...

An impossible standard is at the root of gender inequalities in the workplace, according to two new studies on inflexibility and discrimination against mothers.

About a quarter of census tracts with a post office don’t have a community bank or credit union branch, suggesting postal banking could provide a financial lifeline to the millions of Americans without a bank account, according to our new research

Vulnerable populations in small towns face significantly more public health risks than statewide averages, finds new research in Iowa.

With stronger complementarities in home production among spouses, highly educated people increasingly marry other highly educated people, while less-educated people increasingly marry other less-educated people

In May 2021, virologist Angela Rasmussen reflected how “if the last 18 months have demonstrated anything, it’s that we would do well to remember the lessons of past pandemics as we try to prevent future ones”. This includes ensuring we come out stronger.

Cities in the United States are getting less segregated and, according to a recent national survey, most Americans value the country’s racial diversity.

Many studies conducted in recent years show that lifting children from the burdens of poverty has the potential to improve their health and ability to get a good education.