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In this article, we explain nonprofits’ role in thriving communities, the amount of funding nonprofits receive from government sources, and the government funding challenges nonprofits were facing before the shutdown.
Seven things you should know about childhood poverty Childhood poverty can have lifelong consequences-- and these consequences can even stretch into future generations.We don’t know how many Latinos are affected by the criminal justice system Latinos are a fast-growing portion of both the US population and the correctional population, but we don’t know how many Latinos are in prison, on probation, or arrested.Will the cities of the future work for everyone? By 2050, two thirds of the world’s population will live in cities.Americans are moving less, leading to fewer mortgages and defaults and more renovations Americans have been moving less since 1990. What does this mean for the mortgage market?Why the low Hispanic homeownership rate matters Families of color have, on average, a much harder time getting a mortgage than do white families.