Poverty

Jonathan Yoder and his family

Longform

From rural digital divides to local solutions

Nicol Turner Lee

Thursday, April 2, 2020

Webinar: The effects of the coronavirus outbreak on marginalized communities

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM EDT

A woman marks her ballot with her child looking on in the presidential primary at Bedford High School in Bedford, New Hampshire February 9, 2016. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

Op-Ed

There are policy solutions that can end the war on childhood, and the discussion should start this campaign season

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Tashawna Green, 21, poses for a portrait with her daughter, Taishaun, 6, at her home in Queens Village, New York August 21, 2011. Green who up until recently worked 25 hours a week at Target, is on food stamps and says a good number of her colleagues are too. Green made $8.08 cents an hour working for Target. "It's a good thing that the government helps, but if employers paid enough and gave enough hours, then we wouldn't need to be on food stamps." Picture taken August 21, 2011. To match Insight USA-POVERTY-FOODSTAMPS/ REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY)

Up Front

Protecting our most economically vulnerable neighbors during the COVID-19 outbreak

Camille Busette

Monday, March 16, 2020

Reports

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

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Five years old Soe Morales peers to the camera while being carried by her mother during their journey towards the United States, in Guastatoya, Guatemala, January 17, 2019. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini - RC1421FAAAC0

Children & Families

The Power of Love: Why maternal depression is an economic mobility issue

Richard V. Reeves

Thursday, January 31, 2019

Nathan Allen, 65, poses for a portrait in front of the motorhome where he sleeps in a homeless RV and tent encampment near LAX airport in Los Angeles, California, United States, October 26, 2015. Allen lost his job as a handyman, and so couldn't afford to pay the rent for his apartment. Los Angeles is grappling with a massive homelessness problem, as forecasted El Nino downpours threaten to add to the misery of thousands of people who sleep on the streets. Mayor Eric Garcetti has proposed spending $100 million to combat the problem in the sprawling metropolis but stopped short of declaring a state of emergency. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson PICTURE 16 OF 17 - SEARCH "NICHOLSON MOTORHOME" FOR ALL IMAGES - GF10000270563

Social Issues

Progress paradoxes and sustainable growth

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

REFILE - CORRECTING PUNCTUATION Displaced Iraqi residents carry biscuits and bottles of water as they walk past other residents waiting for the food distribution of an aid organization during the first day of Eid al-Fitr celebration in West Mosul, Iraq June 25, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC19775F43A0

Report

Do social protection programs improve life satisfaction?

Talajeh Livani and Carol Graham

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Countering the geography of discontent

Economic Development

Countering the geography of discontent: Strategies for left-behind places

Clara Hendrickson, Mark Muro, and William A. Galston

November, 2018

Blog Posts

The storefront of an Advance America loan store is shown in Palm Springs, California, U.S. June 2, 2016. REUTERS/Sam Mircovich - S1AETHPRMZAB

Up Front

Financial well-being: Measuring financial perceptions and experiences in low- and moderate-income households

Stephen Roll, Olga Kondratjeva, and Michal Grinstein-Weiss

Friday, December 13, 2019

Cattle hauler truck driver and his daughters standing in front of his truck. It is raining.

Up Front

Who was poor in the US in 2018?

Lauren Bauer, Emily Moss, and Jay Shambaugh

Thursday, December 5, 2019

A student stands in a library facing away.

Brown Center Chalkboard

Better serving the needs of America’s homeless students

Ariella Meltzer, Diana Quintero, and Jon Valant

Thursday, October 24, 2019

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Events

Racial wealth inequality: Social problems and solutions

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Dialogue on a roadmap to reducing child poverty

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

The new dynamics of global energy and climate: A conversation with Sustainable Energy for All CEO Rachel Kyte

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EST

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Related Books

Inequality

By Michele Alacevich and Anna Soci

2017

The Last Mile in Ending Extreme Poverty

Edited by Laurence Chandy, Hiroshi Kato, and Homi Kharas

2015

generation unbound

Generation Unbound

By Isabel V. Sawhill

2014

Experts

Camille Busette

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Governance Studies, Metropolitan Policy Program

Director - Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative

@CamilleBusette

Ron Haskins

The Cabot Family Chair

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Co-Director - Center on Children and Families

Alan Berube

Senior Fellow and Deputy Director - Metropolitan Policy Program

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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

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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