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Recommitting to the promise of the Fair Housing Act 50 years later We’ve made progress since 1968, but we haven't vanquished housing discrimination or reversed its pernicious effects.Three ways mass incarceration affects women of color Of the 2.3 million people incarcerated in America, the majority are men. But women bear many burdens of mass incarceration.Where can renters afford to buy homes? A new index of housing affordability focuses only on renters’ ability to become homeowners.Five reasons the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census is detrimental to its goal The introduction of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census puts government data and our democracy at risk.Movin’ on up: Who gains from multiple postsecondary credentials? Does earning multiple postsecondary credentials guarantee success in the labor market?Medicaid-covered opioid overdose and treatment drugs reveal the growth of the opioid crisis From 2011 and 2017, units of medication for treating opioid use disorder and overdoses paid for by Medicaid increased 183 percent.