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- Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Panel Begins Work on Slowing Prison Growth
Gov. Nathan Deal's criminal justice reform council on Monday began its work to find money-saving ways to sentence and manage the state's criminal population.
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- Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer
After 2 Years of Declines, Philadelphia Prison Populaton Rises
Philadelphia's prison population is on the rise again. The Pew Chartiable Trusts Philadelphia Research Initiative reported Thursday that 8,732 people were behind bars in June, an 8.5 percent increase from the same point last year.
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- Source: Washington Post
Opinion: Romney Can Gain Upper Hand on Economic Policy by Focusing on Class
On economic policy, Barack Obama has left Mitt Romney an opening. The president has responded to a severe, continuing labor market slump with a four-year-old, marginally counterproductive tax increase proposal. more
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- Economic Mobility Project
- Source: CNN Money
Economic Mobility: Who Gets Left Behind
Most Americans make more than their parents did, but that doesn't mean they're all moving up the economic ladder.
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- Source: Slate.com
Income Up, Wealth Down
A pair of interesting charts (via Kevin Drum) were released by the Pew Economic Mobility Program. They do some fancy statistical work to try to do an apples-to-apples comparison of today's 45 year olds with the economic welfare of their parents' generation at 45.
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- Source: Economy Watch on MSNBC.com
Rags to Riches? That's Hollywood Fiction, Study Finds
Just 4 percent of people who grew up in the bottom fifth of the household income ladder made it to the top fifth as adults, according to a new long-term study showing the limits of American mobility.
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- Source: NPR Marketplace
Two Thirds of Americans Aren't Economically Mobile
Only about one-third of American families will surpass their parents in wealth and income and climb to a new rung on the economic ladder, a new study out today from The Pew Charitable Trusts concludes.
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- Source: USA Today
Are You Upwardly Mobile? Probably Not
The majority of Americans have higher incomes than their parents, but it is still not enough to move most of them into a higher bracket—especially those at the bottom.
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- Children's Dental Campaign
- Source: PBS
How to Fix a Broken Dental Safety Net
A trip to the dentist's office may instill a sense of dread, but for the majority Americans, access to care is rarely an issue. For roughly one-third of the population, though, finding a dentist can seem next to impossible.
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- Source: WCHS Radio 58
Prison Overcrowding Study Begins
West Virginia is getting assistance from two national organizations to help find answers to the state's prison overcrowding problem. more