poverty

America’s racial wealth disparity is entrenched, with devastating effects. What if we got rid of it?

Are tiny homes just a trend for wealthy minimalists or an economic necessity for the growing poor?

Even if automation makes human trafficking economically inefficient, that alone won’t end this unethical practice.

“We need to get our priorities straight,” Warren said.

We often discuss what the minimum wage does to the economy, but rarely do we discuss what it does to people.

If we make the right choices, there’s hope for the future.

Many believe that the internet has made it easier for us to participate in political activism. But is that really true?

Until the use of prison labor is banned, many stakeholders will be incentivized to prevent felons from being rehabilitated.

A new study finds that factors influencing where you’re born continue to affect your earnings throughout life.

In one Indian farming district, many women are paying for expensive and medically unnecessary hysterectomies in order to be more productive at work.

Activist and Big Think reader Roy M. Arce explains his idea for a new community policing team and how it can halt vicious cycles of PTSD and homelessness.

The Evergreen National Education Prize offers monetary and promotional support to organizations helping low-income youths access education.

A universal basic income is just one of Andrew Yang’s ideas to update capitalism for the 21st century.

The once-famously cheap city is growing more expensive by the year, pricing out the artists that it was once known for.

Andrew Yang argues that the Alaska Permanent Fund shows the path to implementing a nationwide universal basic income.

The Ghazipur dump keeps growing and growing every year, catching fire and leaching toxins into the ground. What can be done about it?

How does the largest welfare program imaginable have libertarian supporters?

Surrounding counties boast even higher increases.

Research finds that only 10% of cities worldwide are affordable.

New Zealand’s recent budget policy puts the health and well-being of its citizens over economic growth.

A sobering look at the prospects for kids not wealthy enough to fail upward.

Soon, residents will be able to pick fruits and vegetables — for free.

Want to eat better but feel like you don’t have the money?

Psychologists looked at how liberals and conservatives react after learning about “white privilege”.

In India, a construction boom is fueling a criminal enterprise around one of the most ubiquitous substances on Earth: sand.

That’s the strategy behind a program being tested in one Indiana school district.

Landlords aren’t the ones getting rich off of renting properties; slumlords are.

Finland’s educational system was driven by a culture that supports a strong social contract, one the United States currently lacks.

America’s socialists owe a lot to one man, but what did he think about socialism?

Access to trauma care is a race issue. It shouldn’t be.