Social Issues

Children playing in Atlanta

The rise of black-majority cities

David Harshbarger and Andre M. Perry

February 26, 2019

Lucia Mayta, 43, and her daughter Luz Cecilia, 12, pose for a photograph inside their bodega in La Paz February 24, 2014. Lucia studied until the fourth grade of primary school, and knows how to read and write and do basic math. Lucia runs a bodega, and the family live in a back room. She hopes to build a house in the future. Luz Cecilia is in seventh grade and wants to be a singer. On March 8 activists around the globe celebrate International Women's Day, which dates back to the beginning of the 20th century and has been observed by the United Nations since 1975. The UN writes that it is an occasion to commemorate achievements in women's rights and to call for further change. Picture taken February 24, 2014. REUTERS/David Mercado (BOLIVIA - Tags: SOCIETY EDUCATION)ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 11 OF 32 FOR PACKAGE 'WOMEN'S DAY - MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS' TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'REUTERS MOTHERS DAUGHTERS' - GM1EA370T5701

Empowering women entrepreneurs in developing countries

Eyerusalem Siba

Friday, February 15, 2019

The children of Orfa, a migrant from Honduras, Rachel (second L), Carolina (second R) and Bayron (R), walk to a park to play with neighbours Jose (L) and Jefferson (C) in Texico, New Mexico, U.S., November 30, 2018. REUTERS/Loren Elliott SEARCH "ELLIOTT ORFA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RC1CBD42DD70

Trump’s wall will not prevent America’s diversity boom

William H. Frey

Friday, February 15, 2019

A man walks through the rain in Times Square in Manhattan, New York, U.S., February 10, 2018. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky - RC1F10244800

Why are out-of-work men so unhappy in the US?

Carol Graham and Sergio Pinto

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

A man is reflected in a puddle as he walks with an umbrella in Times Square in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., February 7, 2018. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri - RC18541FABC0

Men without work

Sergio Pinto and Carol Graham

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Transportation staff

Three things that matter for upward mobility in the labor market

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

A man walks a dog past a row of vacant houses on Crandall Street, a street that became a hub for narcotics activity according to local media and police, in Binghamton, New York, U.S., April 8, 2018. Picture taken April 8, 2018. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly - RC166673BE20

Congress in 2019: The challenge of left-behind places

Wednesday, January 2, 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

Progress paradoxes and sustainable growth

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Residents at holiday market in Detroit

Black-white segregation edges downward since 2000, census shows

William H. Frey

Monday, December 17, 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

Do social protection programs improve life satisfaction?

Talajeh Livani and Carol Graham

Wednesday, December 12, 2018