As NGOs shift from rights-driven work to data-led delivery, the focus is moving from questioning power and inequality to ...

The Southern Poverty Law Center is suing the Hinds County Sheriff's Office and the Mississippi Department of Public Safety. The lawsuit alleges the agencies failed to release public records regarding ...

Reality is decaying fast. It is hard to explain the news if you think only in terms of facts and material interests, because so much of it is about fantasies running out of control. Thinking about all ...

Media narratives often portray some people as “worthy victims” while others are treated as responsible for their own suffering. In many cases, people struggling financially inside wealthy countries ...

At New America, our work spans across five issue areas—each essential to building a nation and a world where everyone can thrive. For over 25 years, New America’s insights and policy solutions have ...

At New America, our work spans across five issue areas—each essential to building a nation and a world where everyone can thrive. Future-Proofing U.S. Nuclear Policy: Forecasting Outcomes of the ...

Ohio Sen. Jon Husted faced criticism for saying people in poverty are not experienced at navigating the "real world." Husted's comments came during a podcast discussion about his bill to eliminate the ...

Gender differences in poverty rates in the United States may be associated with women's differing circumstances—particularly the burden of dependent children—rather than inherent to gender itself, ...

Every few years, Washington rediscovers fraud. A viral clip of someone misusing food stamps. A headline about child care providers in Minnesota. A politician promising to crack down on “fraud and ...

Poverty Point is the earliest city in North America the largest for centuries. What made such an impressive city possible at a time with no equal. Find out how and why Poverty Point was the anomaly of ...