Poverty Archives

Op-Ed/Commentary

Gun Violence PreventionInequalityPovertyUnited States Poverty Correlates with the Recent Increase in Gun Violence

Eliminating poverty will bring numerous social benefits to US society, and one of them might be a significant reduction in the country’s extremely high rate of gun violence.

Algernon Austin / September 26, 2022

Op-Ed/Commentary

Health and Social ProgramsPovertyUnited States What Do Fertility and Football Have to Do with Clinton-Gingrich Welfare Reform? Read This to Find Out

TANF is a poorly designed, failed program with misguided purposes, including the sexual regulation of working-class people, and it needs to be repealed and replaced.

Shawn Fremstad / August 18, 2022

Op-Ed/Commentary

Health and Social ProgramsInequalityPovertyUnited States Romney’s Retreat and the Future of Child Allowances in the United States

Romney’s new child benefit proposal is a retreat from his earlier commitment to “not connect work and childbearing in the same policy.”

Shawn Fremstad / July 07, 2022

Op-Ed/Commentary

InequalityPovertyUnited States A Brief Look at Low-Income Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

CEPR challenges the model minority myth that hides significant numbers within the AAPI population with low incomes that could benefit from government assistance.

Algernon Austin / May 12, 2022