First-hand accounts from households affected by Hurricane Helene illustrate that postdisaster financial recovery is a long, uncertain process.
The Urban Institute, SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, and the University of Wisconsin–Madison are working together to rigorously assess how Dobbs has affected the broader reproductive health access and experiences, health outcomes, and social and economic well-being of women and other people who can get pregnant—especially for those from marginalized communities, who are likely disproportionately affected.
Making child care more affordable for parents who are early educators can help stabilize the child care workforce, increase the supply and quality of care, and benefit child care businesses.
As lawmakers develop legal frameworks for AI, they need a clearer understanding of how AI preemption—federal and state law overriding lower level AI rules—affects public interest and community well-being.
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Timely data on Americans’ finances and the cost of basic needs by state and congressional district.
Are states meaningfully increasing access to these life-saving medications?
People experience homelessness in every state and every community. But some groups are more likely to be unhoused, and some communities have more resources to support them.
