This May 2011 addendum used the recent  Congressional Budget Office (CBO) data and certain revised assumptions. Pew's updated projections estimated that, absent any corrective action, publicly held federal debt would reach 111 percent of GDP by 2025, the highest level in American history. more

In the face of major budget shortfalls, 22 states were able to improve their dental polices from 2010. See how all the states did in our collection of state factsheets. more

The Pew Economic Mobility Project conducted an update to its 2009 national poll to reassess the public's perceptions of economic mobility and the American Dream two years later, as the nation emerges from the Great Recession.

States spent an estimated $131 billion on transportation in fiscal year 2010, but many cannot answer critical questions about what returns this investment is generating. more

This May 2011 issue brief  explored how Arizona’s innovative reforms have been able to show early signs of reducing the rate of prison growth while also making communities safer by decreasing crime by probationers.