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Adolescents and Youth

A Closer Look at Youth in 11 LRNG Partner Cities

LRNG encourages youth across 11 partner cities to earn digital badges on an online learning platform.
Aging

Middle-Income Seniors Face a Gap in Housing and Health Supports

By 2029, the US will be home to 14.4 million middle-income seniors. Two-thirds will have chronic health conditions.
Poverty, Vulnerability, and the Safety Net

When Employment Is Unstable or Low-Paying, Work Requirements Don’t Lift People from Poverty

Temporary or contractual jobs that lack benefits, job security, and child care present challenges to public housing residents.
Health and Health Policy

The Large Overlaps between Opioid Use Disorder, Mental Illness, and Parenting Young Children

A new study finds more than half a million adults with opioid use disorder are parents living with children younger than 18.
Education and Training

Can We Design Student Loan Forgiveness to Target Low-Income Families?

Proposals to forgive student debt have been criticized for disproportionately benefiting high-income families.
Health and Health Policy

New Hampshire Residents Who Lose Medicaid under Work Requirements Will Likely Face Limited Employer-Sponsored Insurance Options

New Hampshire is moving forward with implementing work requirements for Medicaid enrollees.
Research Methods and Data Analytics

Anything plus Statistics Is Better Than Anything: A Q&A with Rob Santos and Tim Triplett

Urban's Rob Santos and Tim Triplett were recently elected to leadership positions in two prominent statistics-related associations.
Poverty, Vulnerability, and the Safety Net

What Conventional Approaches to Fixing Social Security Are Missing

The Congressional Budget Office recently released an interactive tool in which users can select options to fix Social Security.
Housing and Housing Finance

Five Ways the HEARTH Act Changed Homelessness Assistance

The HEARTH Act accelerated the shift from shelter to Housing First.
Education and Training

Three Persistent Myths about School Integration, 65 Years after Brown v. Board

Schools across major US cities remain more segregated than neighborhoods.

The Vulnerable, Vital 2020 Census

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The Vulnerable, Vital 2020 Census

The decennial Census will gather the most complete picture of America of the past 10 years, but its accuracy is in jeopardy.

Behind the Numbers at the Urban Institute

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Behind the Numbers at the Urban Institute

Structural Racism in America

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Structural Racism in America

Public policies, institutional practices, and cultural narratives perpetuate our country's racial inequalities. 

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