While the economy was a key topic of discussion for the two presidential candidates when they met on the debate stage for the first time on Tuesday, the duel ended without explicit consideration of ...

America is an obscenely rich nation. We have supermarkets with 50 different brands of potato chips and mega-mansions sprouting like buffalo grass across the prairie and TVs the size of barns. With all ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Aisha Nyandoro is a leading voice on equitable economic policies. A recent AP-NORC poll reveals a pervasive misunderstanding about ...

Mayor Mary Sheffield tapped a U of M expert to spearhead her sweeping policy agenda on the systemic issue of poverty. Why it matters: Her announcement of Luke Shaefer becoming the city's first chief ...

Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield plans to reshuffle city departments focused on health and human services and has tapped Luke Shaefer, a well-known Michigan poverty and social policy scholar, to take the ...

America excels at innovation. We’ve developed solutions, both intricate and simple, for a range of complex problems. Though we are leaders in technology, medicine, and entrepreneurship, we’ve ...

Ever since Ronald Reagan gave his “A Time for Choosing” speech in 1964, conservative politicians have wandered further and further away from engaging the issue of poverty. However, Reagan’s “do a ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A new report shows more and more of Virginia’s children are living in poverty. Advocates say government programs are the reason the rate isn’t even higher. According to the ...