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DC business leaders praise the District’s innovative, family-friendly child care policies and offer recommendations for how the child care and business sectors can overcome persistent affordability challenges.
Can Chicago and Other Localities Help Narrow the Racial Wealth Gap? Urban partnered with the Chicago Community Trust on a new plan to narrow the racial and ethnic wealth gap in Chicago.New Data Show about 1 in 10 Adults Turns To Charitable Food Assistance How much do we know about individuals and families who use charitable food assistance?Live Blog: Urban’s First “Research-A-Thon” Explores Public Housing and Proximity to Jobs What could we learn from dramatically accelerating the research publishing process?How Understanding Trauma Can Help Students Achieve Violent actions taken generations ago can still have an impact on families today.Who Zones? Mapping Land-Use Authority across the US Investigation is lacking around what level of government holds the authority to zone what land.Three Lessons Businesses Can Learn from Uber’s Collecting and Reporting Sexual Assault Data Uber released their first US Safety Report, which includes a focus on sexual assault occurring on their platform.