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States Newsroom: Child poverty dropped to a record low last year. A new report shows how to keep it the way.
“The expanded child tax credit that families received in 2021 helped reduce child poverty across the country, but particularly in the South where families lack…
VOA: SNAP supplement expiration seen leaving many Americans hungry
“’ should not be on the chopping block unless policymakers want to increase child poverty and undernutrition, widen inequality and exacerbate racial disparitie…
States Newsroom: Families are taking a hit as pandemic aid ends, inflation continues
“As SNAP’s emergency benefits go away, the effects may eventually show up in Pulse data, said Lauren Bauer, a fellow in economic studies at Brookings Instituti…
CNN Health: A year later, formula stock has recovered from the shortage, but parents haven’t
“’It’s terrifying to think that you aren’t going to be able to nourish your infant,’ said Lauren Bauer, a fellow with the Brookings Institute whose research fo…
The New Yorker: Does the president have control over inflation?
“Wendy Edelberg, the director of the Hamilton Project and a senior fellow in economics at the Brookings Institution, agreed. ‘It’s true, the American Rescue Pl…
Marketplace: March jobs report shows more signs of cooling labor market
“In a labor market with lots of job openings and not a lot of job seekers, employers have to raise pay. That’s great for individual workers, but not always gre…
PBS NewsHour: WATCH: Economic policy and Biden’s presidency | 2023 State of the Union
Inflation and its impact on the wider economy and the lives of people across the country has dominated domestic policy concerns this past year. The PBS NewsHou…
Fast Company: What the Family and Medical Leave Act has meant for U.S. women
“In partnership with the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution, Patel and her colleague Tanya Byker, who teaches economics at Middlebury College, have …
