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DC business leaders praise the District’s innovative, family-friendly child care policies and offer recommendations for how the child care and business sectors can overcome persistent affordability challenges.
How many scholarships could we fund if we eliminated college sports? Hint: a lot. In the wake of March Madness, Urban Institute researchers reflect on the financial costs of intercollegiate sports.What research tells us about work requirements Many recipients of federal aid programs are already working or face challenges to joining the labor force.Four questions that will guide the future of homebuilding innovation The federal government can play a role in spurring homebuilding innovation and scaling what has already been discovered.Five strategies to address America’s eviction crisis The Eviction Lab recently unveiled a new dataset compiled from court eviction filings and judgments across the US, dating back to 2000.The debate versus the reality of refugees in the US Policy conversations should be informed by the real experiences of refugees in communities across the country.50 years after Martin Luther King’s death, structural racism still drives the racial wealth gap The difference between the average wealth of white families and that of African American families has expanded.