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Federal cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program could cause some DC-area families to lose an average of $187 in monthly benefits.
How Bail Reform Can Protect Protestors and Address System Injustices As people around the world donate to bail funds, it’s critical to understand bail systems, efforts to reform them, and underlying system injustices that bail funds seek to mitigate.The Opportunity Zone Incentive Isn’t Living Up to Its Equitable Development Goals. Here Are Four Ways to Improve It Federal policymakers could alter and expand the incentive to help it spur truly equitable development.COVID-19 in the Common Area: The Pandemic is Reinforcing the Interconnected Nature of Corrections Corrections legislation, policy, and practice needs a structural shift from us-versus-them thinking to “we” thinking.Addressing Power Inequity in Research to Create Change If the promise of research is improved lives and more equitable policy, how can we ensure our methods uphold those priorities from beginning to end?To Stay Stably Housed, Renters Need $16 Billion per Month in Housing Support during the COVID-19 Crisis New data show how much it would take to alleviate cost burden for renters when COVID-19 relief expires.