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- Economic Mobility Project
- Source: National Public Radio
Moving On Up More Difficult in America
NPR's All Things Considered interivews Economic Mobility Project Manager Erin Currier, who highlights a recent EMP fact sheet showing less economic mobility in the Unites States than other rich nations.
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- Economic Mobility Project
- Source: USA Today
Column: Blacks, Hispanics Find Reasons for Optimism
With millions of Americans suffering severe economic hardships, the image of a Dickensian holiday season is hard to dismiss. Yet those with the least are surprisingly more optimistic about the future.
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- Election Initiatives
- Source: electionline.org
Voters Want Information Online, But Will They Find It?
“Am I registered to vote?” “Where is my polling place?” These are common questions voters routinely ask before heading to the polls and casting their ballots. But easily finding answers to these questions depends, to a large extent, on whether their state election agencies are providing information and tools on their websites.
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- Public Safety Performance Project
- Source: ncsl.org
7 Things Lawmakers Need To Consider When Reforming Corrections Policy
State lawmakers are reforming sentencing laws and correction policies across the country. They have two key objectives: Quickly cut state spending on corrections and ensure public safety is protected in the future.
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- States' Fiscal Health
- Source: npr.org
As U.S., Europe Hack At Budgets, Pensions Get Sliced
Despite boasting one of the highest per capita incomes in the country, San Jose, Calif., is running large and growing deficits. The main reason is pensions and other benefits for retired city workers, such as health insurance. San Jose's problems are severe, but hardly unique. In recent years, pension costs have become a central concern both in the U.S. and in Europe.
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- Public Safety Performance Project
- Source: ncsl.org
New Approaches Simplify Sentencing, Get More Drug Abusers Treatment and Save States Money
As much as 80 percent of what states spend for prisons, parole and probation is for offenders involved with drugs. Most of that money is spent on building and operating prisons, according to a study by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University.
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- Safe Checking in the Electronic Age
- Source: American Banker
Time to Stop Arguing About Disclosure Reform
In October 2010, the Pew Safe Checking Project began a study of checking account terms and conditions at the 10 largest banks in the United States. One noteworthy finding was that the median length of disclosure documents was 111 pages. more
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- Media Coverage
- Economic Mobility Project
- Source: Huffington Post
Poor, Homeless Students Living Out Of Cars As Childhood Poverty Climbs (VIDEO)
More than 16 million children now live in poverty in the United States, the highest number since 1962. In all, 19.8 percent of school children were living in poverty in 2010, and childhood poverty rates increased significantly in one of every five U.S. counties between 2007 and 2010, according to a Census Bureau report released today. more
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- Economic Mobility Project
- Source: KQED Radio
Passing on Family Wealth
If you grow up in poverty, or in a wealthy family, chances are good you'll remain at that economic level.
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- Economic Mobility Project
- Source: National Public Radio
Week In Politics: Taking The Country's Pulse
Guy Raz talks with weekly commentators, E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and the Brookings Institution and David Brooks of The New York Times, about the tough spot Congress is in, observations on the political divide, economic mobility and disagreement over core values.
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