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Education and Training

Considerations for Building a Universal College and Career Asset-Building Platform

The NYC Kids RISE Save for College Program can be a model for other communities striving to promote economic opportunity and mobility.
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Housing and Housing Finance

What’s Next for Public Housing Preservation and Redevelopment?

Four policy recommendations could ensure that redeveloped units remain affordable and available.
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Health and Health Policy

Repealing the Affordable Care Act Would Take Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Away from More Than a Half Million People

The loss of treatment could cost many their lives and prompt a surge in related costs, which would put a huge burden on families, state governments, and providers.
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Neighborhoods, Cities, and Metros

Four Lessons to Strengthen Land-Use Reforms

The standard zoning reform process hasn't traditionally created equitable outcomes. How can planners and policymakers change this?
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Crime and Justice

Prisons Are Traumatizing, but It Is Possible to Reduce Some of Their Harm

Prisons can take actions to treat incarcerated women with humanity, develop a more trauma-informed culture, and reduce some of incarceration’s harms.
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Race and Ethnicity

There’s Been a Concerning Lack of Progress for Communities of Color During the COVID-19 Crisis

Four indicators show the stark inequities of the COVID-19 recession.
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Taxes and Budget

Biden’s Social Security Plan Would Not Increase Taxes for Middle-Class Workers

It would hit fewer than 1 percent of earners initially and would never affect more than the top 6 percent of earners.
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Health and Health Policy

Why We Should Be Talking about Mental Health among Latinx Communities

Although Latinx and white populations show similar rates of any mental illness, there are disparities when it comes to treatment.
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Economic Growth and Productivity

Local Newspapers and Other Small Businesses Are Still Struggling. What Can Policymakers Do?

Many businesses overlooked or excluded from PPP funds, such as local newspapers, still need assistance to weather their pandemic-related shortfalls.
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Job Market and Labor Force

To Stay in the Labor Force, Older Workers Need to Know Their Rights When They Become Ill or Injured

Paid medical leave benefits could help newly ill and injured workers know their rights and stay in the workforce.

COVID-19: Policies to Protect People and Communities

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COVID-19: Policies to Protect People and Communities

The Vulnerable, Vital 2020 Census

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The Vulnerable, Vital 2020 Census

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Behind the Numbers at the Urban Institute

Critical Value: An Urban Institute Podcast

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Critical Value: An Urban Institute Podcast

Structural Racism in America

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Structural Racism in America

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