Poverty

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer peers out from behind a mock U.S. Treasury check as he holds a press conference on the expanded Child Tax Credit payments at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., July 15, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Podcast Episode

How could expanded tax credits reduce child poverty?

Robert Greenstein and Adrianna Pita

Friday, July 16, 2021

People attend a rally for racial justice on the one year anniversary of the police shooting of Rayshard Brooks, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., June 12, 2021. REUTERS/Dustin Chambers TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Podcast Episode

A public reckoning on racial injustice and inequality

Makada Henry-Nickie and Fred Dews

Friday, June 18, 2021

Income Inequality & Social Mobility

Poverty hurts the boys the most: Inequality at the intersection of class and gender

Richard V. Reeves and Sarah Nzau

Monday, June 14, 2021

Linda Dennis (L) sits with her 11-year-old family member Sharee Nelo (R) inside the L.A. Sports Area in Los Angeles, California, December 20, 2009. Thousands of bicycles and toys were given away to families in need during The Dream Center Christmas in the City event. Dennis and her family waited in line outside for over 16 hours, including sleeping overnight, to ensure they were one of the families to receive the and gifts. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY)

Podcast Episode

The race gap in multigenerational poverty; Census 2020 findings

William H. Frey, Richard V. Reeves, Scott Winship, and Fred Dews

Friday, June 11, 2021

Reports

Income Inequality & Social Mobility

Long shadows: The Black-white gap in multigenerational poverty

Scott Winship, Christopher Pulliam, Ariel Gelrud Shiro, Richard V. Reeves, and Santiago Deambrosi

Thursday, June 10, 2021

A stressed couple staring at a piece of paper by a table, which also has coffee, a laptop, and a coffee mug

Education

3 ways Biden can help families and student loan borrowers

Sarah Sattelmeyer

Thursday, April 22, 2021

Essay

How We Rise: How social networks impact economic mobility in Racine, WI, San Francisco, CA, and Washington, DC

Camille Busette, Jill Simmerman Lawrence, Richard V. Reeves, and Sarah Nzau

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Essay

How We Rise: How social networks in Charlotte impact economic mobility

Camille Busette, Tonya Farrow-Chestnut, Richard V. Reeves, Kwadwo Frimpong, and Hao Sun

Friday, October 16, 2020

A man walks past warehouse lofts and new apartments in the South of Market area in San Francisco, California May 25, 2012. More than ever, technology entrepreneurs, and their investors and employees, are choosing the urban charms of San Francisco over the sprawl of neighboring Silicon Valley. In the South of Market district, the nexus of the city's tech industry, rents are soaring and latte lines are lengthening - conjuring memories of the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s. Picture taken May 25. To match Feature SANFRANCISCO-SILICONVALLEY/GEEKS REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY REAL ESTATE) - GM1E86110KI01

U.S. Metro Areas

Policy to help people and help places is not a zero-sum game

Alan Berube

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Blog Posts

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Up Front

Class Notes: Exposure to inequality, elite private schools, and more

Ariel Gelrud Shiro and Richard V. Reeves

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Up Front

Class Notes: Merit-based aid, rebuilding a divided America, and more

Ariel Gelrud Shiro and Richard V. Reeves

Wednesday, January 13, 2021

Swing set in front of a wall covered with graffiti.

Up Front

Tackling the legacy of persistent urban inequality and concentrated poverty

Stuart M. Butler and Jonathan Grabinsky

Monday, November 16, 2020

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Events

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Experts

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Director - Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative

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Multimedia

A young woman holds her daughter at a playground in Winthrop Harbor, Illinois.

Children & Families

Improving opportunity with policies for women and families

Isabel V. Sawhill and Fred Dews

Friday, May 11, 2018

Vice President Joe Biden speaking at a Brookings-Biden Institute event, May 8, 2018 (Paul Morigi photos)

Brookings Now

Vice President Joe Biden’s 5 ideas for helping America’s middle class

Fred Dews

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Social Mobility Memos

Takeaways from the conversation on race, class and culture

Camille Busette, Richard V. Reeves, and Eleanor Krause

Friday, September 8, 2017

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Reports

Time to change how we measure poverty? Evaluating alternate poverty measures

Webinar: The effects of the coronavirus outbreak on marginalized communities

Racial wealth inequality: Social problems and solutions

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