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Where are the homeless children? This struggling city isn’t finding them
Reading Time: 4 minutes School districts nationwide underestimate the number of homeless students they serve, cutting children off from assistance meant to help. An award-winning Center for Public...
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Es hora que jóvenes migrantes “tomen el micrófono” en debate sobre...
Reading Time: 5 minutes En la última década, más de medio millón de niños inmigrantes han viajado a los Estados Unidos solos con el propósito de reunirse con sus seres queridos, en busca de refugio y...
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Time for young migrants to ‘take the mic’ in U.S. immigration debate
Reading Time: 5 minutes In the past decade, more than half a million immigrant children have made the journey to the U.S. alone in search of their loved ones, refuge and a shot at their vision of the...
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Reporting on workers who rebuild after natural disasters
Reading Time: 6 minutes I felt anxious asking disaster restoration workers to share their experiences with exposure to toxins such as asbestos, lead and mold on the job in New Orleans this past spring...
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What’s the effect of school voucher programs on students with disabilities?
Reading Time: 5 minutes Several years ago, West Virginia parent Christy Black searched for an inclusive private school for her daughter Gracie, who has Down syndrome, but to no avail. “There wasn’t any...
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Visions of a new national security paradigm
Reading Time: 8 minutes More than 20 years after 9/11, Muslim Americans continue to face discrimination at U.S. airports, at banks and in the security-clearance process, says the Muslim Public Affairs...
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See which states are expanding — or restricting — voting rights
Reading Time: 3 minutes While restoration of the federal Voting Rights Act languishes in a split Congress, an already deep divide in Americans’ access to voting has widened over the past year. In part,...
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What backlash to landmark voting law tells us about debate today
Reading Time: 7 minutes Ronald Reagan praised the Voting Rights Act of 1965 as “vital.” Bill Clinton deemed it a “triumph.” George W. Bush said the law “broke the segregationist lock on the ballot...
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Black financial institutions face new threat following Supreme Court ruling
Reading Time: 9 minutes The Supreme Court’s decision this summer to strike down affirmative action in higher education has had a chilling effect on racial equity efforts in the public and private...
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Millions of low-paid workers will benefit from this obscure new policy
Reading Time: 4 minutes It’s been a record year for labor strikes. Hollywood actors recently ended their historic, 118-day walkout. Thousands of auto workers in Detroit are returning to factories after...
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Proposed law aims to lock in protections for homeless students
Reading Time: 4 minutes Months after a Center for Public Integrity investigation showed that Pennsylvania school districts locked children out of class while investigating their families’ claims of...
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How distrust in government leads to civic disengagement
Reading Time: 5 minutes Professor Manuel Teodoro did not set out to write a book about civic engagement and democracy. He was just curious about some roadside water kiosks. In “The Profits of...
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Resolutions for a free and fair 2024 election
Reading Time: 6 minutes It’s a big election year with an imposing backdrop: swirling misinformation, changing laws around voting and deep concerns about the health of American democracy. On top of a...
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More states are pushing for race and ethnicity data equity
Reading Time: 4 minutes Middle Eastern and North African people in Nevada who are often misclassified as white or undercounted by state service providers will have a choice to self-identify for the...
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The decades-long fight in a community treated as a dumping ground
Reading Time: 9 minutes Protecting people’s health from environmental hazards, Maricela Mares-Alatorre and her family found out the hard way, is a never-ending fight. She was in high school in the...
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The little-known corner of finance pitching heirs on fast cash
Reading Time: 8 minutes Don’t call them “lenders.”That’s the pushback David Horton got after an article he co-wrote called “Probate Lending” published in a law review journal in 2016.The article...
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In more places this year, people can vote in their first language
Reading Time: 4 minutes A larger swath of the country will have access to translated ballots this year than in any prior presidential election. Under federal Voting Rights Act requirements, 331 voting...
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More tax cuts put states’ revenue at risk
Reading Time: 5 minutes At least a dozen proposals for income tax cuts that would primarily benefit wealthy residents and big companies are already on the table for state legislatures to consider in...
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What will generative AI mean for the racial wealth gap?
Reading Time: 5 minutes Kelcey Gibbons, a doctoral student who studies African Americans in technology and the Black middle class, is not quite sure what she makes of generative artificial intelligence...
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New data shows why the U.S. needs more immigrants
Reading Time: 3 minutes As the fight over immigration reached peak chaos in the U.S. Senate earlier this month, the Congressional Budget Office held a press conference nearby. The director’s briefing...
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