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February 2021:

Huge Drop In Federal Aid For The Poorest Is Blamed On Closed Social Security Offices  by Gabrielle Emanuel. February 19, 2021. NPR.

Poverty Results from Structural Barriers, Not Personal Choices. Safety Net Programs Should Reflect That Fact by Heather Hahn and Margaret Simms. February 16, 2021. Urban Wire; the blog of the Urban Institute.

The Current State of Public Housing: Testimony before the House Financial Services Committee by Susan J. Popkin. February 5, 2021. The Urban Institute.

Whose Rights Matter in Pandemic America? by Liz Theoharis. February 16, 2021. Moyers on Democracy.

How To Fight The Opioid Crisis In The Middle Of A Pandemic. Podcast interview and discussion with Charlotte Bismuth, Erin Markevitch, Andrew Kolodny, and Emily Walden. February 3, 2021. 1A NPR 

Dollars And Sense: Keeping America Fed In A Pandemic. Podcast interview and discussion with Nicole Lander and Diane Schanzenbach. February 2, 2021. 1A NPR 

Final Report - The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review by Sir Partha Dasgupta and Her Majesty’s Treasury. February 2, 2021. HM Treasury at UK.gov

Biden and GOP senators offer competing COVID-19 relief plans  by Kevin Freking. February 1, 2021. Associated Press.

The Vaccine Line is Illogical by Gregg Gonsalves. February 1, 2021. The Atlantic.

This Non-Profit Ceramics Studio Is Empowering Previously Incarcerated Individuals by Arnesia Young. February 1, 2021. My Modern Met.

Toxic Air: The Price of Fossil Fuels by Aidan Farrow, Kathryn A. Miller, and Lauri Myllyvirta. February 2021. Greenpeace Southeast Asia.

Preformance Audit: Department of Children and Family Services LGBTQ Youth in Care by Frank J. Mautino. February 2021. State of Illinois: Office of the Auditor General.

January 2021:

Biden, Democrats hit gas on push for $15 minimum wage  by Kevin Freking. January 30, 2021. Associated Press.

How America Changed During Donald Trump’s Presidency  by Michael Dimock and John Gramlich. January 29, 2021. Pew Research Center.

All in one: Human rights, health, the rule of law - why are these concepts inflated to the status of totalising secular religions? by John Tasioulas. January 29, 2021. Aeon.

Biden Directs Federal Agencies to Reconsider Trump Policy Under Which Thousands Lost Medicaid Coverage by Hannah Katch. January 28, 2021. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

The Tyranny of Work by Jamie McCallum. January 28, 2021. Aeon.

For American couples, gender gaps in sharing household responsibilities persist amid pandemic  by Amanda Barroso. January 25, 2021. Pew Research Center.

Gulf Slave Society by Bernard Freamon. January 22, 2021. Aeon.

The Trump Administration’s Health Care Sabotage, report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. January 15, 2021. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

America Couldn't Ease Homelessness Before The Pandemic. What Can We Do Now? Podcast interview and discussion with Heidi Behforouz, Alastair Boone, Steve Berg, and Kelly Doran. January 14, 2021. 1A NPR.

A Closer Look at Who Benefits from SNAP: State-by-State Fact Sheets by Lauren Hall. Updated January 12, 2021 (first published June 26, 2019). Center for Budget and Policy Priorities

Making the Cut; Act III, Reluctant Bureaucrats by Katie Mingle. January 8, 2021. This American Life on NPR. This 16 minute episode is taken from a much larger podcast project According to Need about homelessness in Oakland, California.

Rebuilding Democracy with Congresswoman Barbara Lee, podcast interview with Alicia Garza and Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA). January 1, 2021. Lady Don’t Take No podcast.

December 2020:

Millions go hungry as America reels from pandemic’s effects  by Victoria Bekiempis. December 24, 2020. The Guardian.

App Explores Seven Key Economic Indicators by Diane Schanzenbach and Natalie Tomeh. December 21, 2020. Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern.

PolitiFact’s 2020 Lie of the Year  by Daniel Funke and Katie Sanders. December 16, 2020. PolitiFact.

As more women fill America’s jails, medical tragedies mount  by Peter Eisler, Linda So, Jason Szep, and Grant Smith. December 16, 2020. Reuters.

As Hospitals Fear Being Overwhelmed By COVID-19, Do The Disabled Get The Same Access?  by Joseph Shapiro. December 14, 2020. NPR.

How to change  by Anand Giridharadas (in conversation with Vincent Emanuele). December 8, 2020. The.Ink.

November 2020:

'No end in sight': hunger surges in America amid a spiraling pandemic  by Nina Lakhani & Maanvi Singh. November 25, 2020. The Guardian.

The Relationship Between External Factors and Chronic Disease  by Tara O’Neill Hays & Serena Gillian. November 24, 2020. American Action Forum.

Building resilience for the gig worker.  by Alan Ndirangu. November 22, 2020. Mercy Corps.

VIRTUAL EVENT: 2020 Antipoverty Forum: Reconnecting Community  featuring Jon Ponder, Evan Feinberg, and Jennifer Marshall. November 18, 2020. The Heritage Foundation

Shots in the Dark: An American city’s struggle to police its police by Brendan McDermid. November 17, 2020. Reuters.

Understanding the Connections Between Chronic Disease and Individual-Level Risk Factors  by Tara O’Neill Hays & Serena Gillian. November 16, 2020. American Action Forum.

Talk is cheap: The women, peace and security agenda.  by Rahama Baloni. November 16, 2020. Mercy Corps

October 2020:

VIRTUAL EVENT: Leftism’s Failure and the Rise of Homelessness  featuring Christopher Rufo, Heather MacDonald, Rev. Andy Bales, and Marie Fishpaw. October 23, 2020. The Heritage Foundation.

The Health Care Choices Proposal by Douglas Holtz-Eakin & Christopher Holt. October 22, 2020. American Action Forum.

Opportunities for Police Reform by Tara O’Neill Hays. October 23, 2020. American Action Forum.

Coronavirus pandemic plunges millions of Americans into poverty by Lauren Aratani. October 14, 2020. The Guardian.

Fact-Check: Will Large and Small Illinois Businesses Pay More Under the Graduated Tax Plan?  by Kiannah Sepeda-Miller. October 4, 2020. PolitiFact.

For furloughed workers, the psychological toll can be as heavy as the economic one  by Erika Beras. October 1, 2020. Marketplace.

Four Liberal Poverty Proposals That Would Harm the Poor.  by Leslie Ford. October 1, 2020. The Heritage Foundation.

September 2020:

Fixing Our Eyes on American Poverty. by Liz Theoharis. September 27, 2020. TomDispatch.com.

Poverty vs. school choice: Commentary on equity in education. by Ken Makin. September 23, 2020. Christian Science Monitor.

The Changing Racial and Ethnic Composition of the U.S. Electorate by Ruth Igielnik & Abby Budiman. September 23, 2020. Pew Research Center.

New renovations at Helping Hands will help house homeless this winter. by Jordan Elder. September 15, 2020. News Channel 20 ABC.

Policing the Police 2020 produced by James Jacoby, Anya Bourg, Jelani Cobb, and Megan Robertson. September 15, 2020. Frontline.

Officials: Springfield is behind on plans for the homeless this winter. by Jordan Elder. September 9, 2020. News Channel 20 ABC

Growing Up Poor in America. by Jezza Neumann. September 8, 2020. Frontline. PBS.

August 2020:

Looming Wave of Evictions Will Deepen the Economic Crisis by Marc H. Morial. August 28, 2020. To Be Equal (National Urban League blog)

Unemployment benefits are all over the map.  by Gabriel Cortes. August 27, 2020. Marketplace.

Police: Holt boy, 6, has severe brain trauma, broken ribs from beating by mom's boyfriend by Kara Berg. August 26, 2020. Lansing State Journal.

How Social Workers Like Me Can — And Do — Deescalate Dangerous Situations Every Day by Dr. Catherine Pearlman. August 24, 2020. HuffPost Personal, Huffington Post.

Love, Life, & The Virus. by Oscar Guerra. August 11, 2020. Frontline. PBS.

Undocumented in the Pandemic. by Emily Kassle, Ben C. Solomon, and Will Miller. August 11, 2020. Frontline. PBS.

Who’s really inside America’s jails? by Samantha Laine Perfas, Jessica Mendoza, and Henry Gass. August 3, 2020. Christian Science Monitor.

July 2020:

30 Years Ago, Romania Deprived Thousands of Babies of Human Contact Here’s what’s become of them by Melissa Fay Greene. July/August 2020. The Atlantic.

Poverty Is a Choice: Extreme poverty has declined, but the line is very low by Annie Lowrey. July 29, 2020. The Atlantic.

Denver Is Sending Social Workers Instead of Cops to Some 911 Calls. by VICE News Correspondants. July 15, 2020. VICE News. Published on YouTube.

The 'benevolent' policing of social work and mental health. by Khadijah Kanji. July 3, 2020. rabble.ca blogs.

June 2020:

Rapist, 16, avoids jail and will go on long walks with social worker instead. by Megan Adams. June 17, 2020. The Daily Mirror.

CAHOOTS gains national attention amid calls to defund police. Emma Jerome. June 10, 2020. KEZI 9. ABC News in Eugene, Oregon.

CAHOOTS Interview on CNN - Alternatives to Police Response. interview with Ebony Caprice Morgan. June 9, 2020. CNN. Published by Ebony Caprice Morgan on YouTube.

Race, Police & The Pandemic. Discussion bewteen Jelani Cobb and Raney Aronson. June 2, 2020. Frontline Dispatch. PBS.

May 2020:

Frances Fox Piven: “We Should Be Prepared for Incredible Waves of Mass Protest”  an interview with Frances Fox Piven. by Marc Kagan. May 13, 2020. Jacobin.

April 2020:

KFF Health Tracking Poll - Early April 2020: The Impact Of Coronavirus On Life In America. by Ashley Kirzinger, Audrey Kearney, Liz Hamel, and Mollyann Brodie. April 2, 2020. KFF (the Kaiser Family Foundation).

March 2020:

America Unemployed. by Karen Duffin and Robert Smith. March 28, 2020. Planet Money NPR. (22 minutes)

School Closures Mean Teachers Aren’t Reporting Child Abuse. The Numbers Are Disturbing. by Madison Pauly. March 25, 2020. Mother Jones.

Who Benefits When Public Housing Is Torn Down? It’s Complicated. by Aaron Wiener. March 24, 2020. Mother Jones.

Denmark’s Idea Could Help the World Avoid a Great Depression. by Derik Thompson. March 21, 2020. The Atlantic.

USDA, States Must Act Swiftly to Deliver Food Assistance Allowed by Families First Act. by Dottie Rosenbaum, Ed Bolen, Zoë Neuberger, Stacy Dean. March 20, 2020. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

Not Giving up on Happiness: Care of the Self and Well-Being in a Plague Year. by Juan Cole. March 19, 2020. Informed Comment.

Coronavirus Could Crush the Poor, Advocates Warn. by Joseph P. Williams. March 19, 2020. U.S. News and World Report.

Policy Basics: Unemployment Insurance. CBPP. March 18, 2020. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

Springfield Struggles To Protect People Who Are Homeless Amid COVID-19 Spread. by Mary Hansen. March 18, 2020. NPR Illinois.

Episode 48: Self-Care for Social Workers During the Coronavirus Pandemic. by Kristen Lee. March 17, 2020. Social Work Talks Podcast.

The Theorist of Belonging. by Samantha Ashenden. March 16, 2020. Aeon.

Judge Blocks Rule That Would Have Kicked 700,000 People Off SNAP. by Maria Godoy. March 14, 2020. NPR .

The Trump administration plans to kick 700,000 off food stamps during a pandemic. by Catherine Kim. March 13, 2020. Vox .

Is ‘race’ modern? by Adam Hochman. March 12, 2020. Aeon.

Testimony: On combatting child poverty in America. by Angela Rachidi. March 11, 2020. American Enterprise Institute.

Natoinal Association of State Mental Health Program Directors Weekly Update. by Association Staff (it is a collection of news items and reports). March 6, 2020. The NASMHPD.

Politics and powerlessness: Springfield promises to help the homeless. by Bruce Rushton. March 5, 2020. The Illinois Times.

The Unfinished Business of Gender Equality. by Hilary Pennington. March 4, 2020. The Ford Foundation.

Black Voters Didn’t Vote for Biden in South Carolina Because They ‘Lack Information’. by Elie Mystal. March 2, 2020. The Nation.

February 2020 :

Trump Is Banking on Work Requirements to Cut Spending on Medicaid and Food Stamps . by Bryce Covert. February 28, 2020. The Nation.

Unthinkable: Her children were dead before she realized she’d stabbed them. Does she belong in prison? . by April Dembosky. February 19, 2020. Mother Jones.

High school students could be fully trained plumbers and electricians by age 20 by CBC. February 14, 2020. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Going Back To Jail Without Committing A Crime: Early Findings from a Multi-State Trial. by Carrie Pettus-Davis & Stephanie Kennedy. February, 2020. Institute for Justice Research and Development.

Medicare for All. by John Oliver. February 16, 2020. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.

January 2020:

“Suffering in Silence”: New CARE report highlights top 10 crises that received little to no media attention in 2019. by Jennifer Bose Ratka, Katharina Katzer, & Marisa Tasser. January 28, 2020. CARE Internatonal.

How a Collective of Mothers Flipped the Script on Housing. by Jonny Coleman. January 24, 2020 (updated version of January 14th article). The Nation.

Tennessee OK's Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination in Adoption. by Trudy Ring. January 24, 2020. The Advocate.

Veterans, refugees and victims of war crimes are all vulnerable to PTSD. by Arash Javanbakht. January 21, 2020. The Conversation

Asia-Pacific Disaster Risk Reduction Overview 2019. by Arash Javanbakht. January 21, 2020. World Vision

The Neighborhoods We Will Not Share. by Richard Rothstein. January 20, 2020. New York Times

'Just Mercy' Attorney Asks U.S. To Reckon With Its Racist Past And Present. Interview of Bryan Stevenson by Terry Gross. January 20, 2020. Fresh Air.

Housing and Health Partners Can Work Together to Close the Housing Affordability Gap. by Peggy Bailey. January 17, 2020. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

Identity and agency: A new approach to rehabilitation and reentry. by Brent Orrell. January 17, 2020. American Enterprise Institute.

The Trump Administration Is Getting Sued Over Its New Food Stamps Rule. by Nathalie Baptiste. January 16, 2020. Mother Jones.

What do we want? Unbiased reporting! When do we want it? During protests! by Danielle K. Kilgo. January 16, 2020. The Conversation.

Ruby Sales: Where Does It Hurt? Interview of Ruby Sales by Krista Tippett. January 16, 2020 (original air date was September 14, 2016). On Being.

A Guide to Statistics on Historical Trends in Income Inequality. by Chad Stone, Danilo Trisi, Arloc Sherman, and Jennifer Beltrán. January 13, 2020. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

Trump Administration Rule Would Reverse Communities’ Progress Toward Meeting Fair Housing Obligations. by Peggy Bailey. January 7, 2020. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

Wisconsin’s missing rung: Policies linked to work are critical to lifting people out of poverty. by Angela Rachidi. January 7, 2020. American Enterprise Institute.

More than a third of U.S. healthcare costs go to bureaucracy. by Linda Carroll. January 6, 2020. Reuters

December 2019:

I’m a 37-Year-Old Mom & I Spent Seven Days Online as an 11-Year-Old Girl. Here’s What I Learned. by Sloane Ryan. December 13, 2019. Medium

His siblings were killed when the Hart family’s van went off a cliff. He had been left in foster care. by Roxanna Asgarian of The Washington Post. December 13, 2019. The Seattle Times

HUD’S HOUSE OF CARDS: Inside Public Housing Where Cockroaches Drop From the Wall and Kids are Getting Sick. by Molly Parker of The Southern Illinoisan. December 12, 2019. ProPublica

The 7 Most Defining #MeToo Moments of 2019. by The Atlantic Culture Desk. December 12, 2019. The Atlantic.

Rhode Island lawsuit: Students sue for the right to learn civics. by Stacy Teicher Khadaroo. December 12, 2019. The Christian Science Monitor.

Fewer kids report sex abuse in US juvenile detention centers. by Rebecca Boone. December 11, 2019. The Associated Press.

Unlawful: U.S. employers are charged with violating federal law in 41.5% of all union election campaigns. by Celine McNicholas, Margaret Poydock, Julia Wolfe, Ben Zipperer, Gordon Lafer, and Lola Loustaunau. December 11, 2019. Economic Policy Institute

New York City Paid McKinsey Millions to Stem Jail Violence. Instead, Violence Soared. by Ian MacDougall. December 10, 2019. ProPublica.  

5 New Ways for Schools to Work with Families. by Ann M. Ishimaru, Megan Bang, and Michelle Valladares. December 11, 2019. The Conversation.

Why the holidays are a prime time for elder abuse, and what you can do to thwart it. by Kathleen Wilber. December 9, 2019. The Conversation.

Food Stamp Loss Expected To Hit Poor Illinoisans. by Maureen Foertsch McKinney. December 6, 2019. News. NPR Illinois.

Research Shows Rental Assistance Reduces Hardship and Provides Platform to Expand Opportunity for Low-Income Families. by Will Fischer, Douglas Rice, and Alicia Mazzara (December 5, 2019). Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Springfield’s Shortfall Illustrates Broader Pension Problem. by Mary Hansen. December 5, 2019. Illinois Issues. NPR Illinois.

ISBE Rolls Back Restraint Rules. by Dusty Rhodes. December 4, 2019. News. NPR Illinois.

Eliminating food deserts won't help poorer Americans eat healthier. by Hunt Allcott, Jean-Pierre Dubé, & Molly Schnell. December 1, 2019. The Conversation.

Draconian state child care assistance leaves too many working poor with debt, advocates say. by Kay Lazar. December 1, 2019. The Boston Globe.

The Company Store and the Literally Captive Market: Consumer Law in Prisons and Jails. by Stephen Raher. Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal, Vol. 17, No. 1, Winter 2020.

How America Ends. by Yoni Appelbaum. December 2019 Issue, The Atlantic.

November 2019:

A Radical Approach to Helping Former Prisoners Start Over: Let Them Into Your Home by Marisa Endicott. November/December Issue. Mother Jones.

How poor people survive in the USA. A Deutsche Welle Documentary. November 27, 2019. DW on Youtube.  Also at the DW website.

What Would It Cost to Buy the 2020 Election? by Sam Pizzigati. November 26, 2019. Otherwords

Economic Security Programs Cut Poverty Nearly in Half Over Last 50 Years. by Danilo Trisi and Matt Saenz. November 26, 2019. Center for Budget and Policy Priorities.

Separated by Design: Why Affordable Housing Is Built in Areas With High Crime, Few Jobs and Struggling Schools. by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas. November 25, 2019. ProPublica.

We Won’t Improve Maltreatment Prevention Without Better Data Sharing. by Theresa Covington. November 22, 2019. The Chronicle of Social Change.

Americans bankrupted by health care costs: 4 questions answered. by Simon F. Haeder. November 22, 2019. The Conversation.

There’s an Emergency Ban on Isolated Timeouts in Illinois Schools. What’s Next?. by Lakeidra Chavis, Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen. November 22, 2019. ProPublica Illinois.

Sacha Baron Cohen's Keynote Address at ADL's 2019 Never Is Now Summit on Anti-Semitism and Hate. by Sacha Baron Cohen. November 21, 2019. Anti-Defamation League.

How universal childhood trauma screenings could backfire. by David Finkelhor. November 21, 2019. The Conversation.

114,000 Students in N.Y.C. Are Homeless. These Two Let Us Into Their Lives. by Eliza Shapiro & Brittainy Newman. November 19, 2019. The New York Times.

Why the nation should screen all students for trauma like California does. by Sunny Shin. November 18, 2019. The Conversation.

Americans Have Positive Views About Religion’s Role in Society, but Want It Out of Politics. November 15, 2019. Religion & Public Life. Pew Research Center.

UN agency sounds alarm: Dwindling agrobiodiversity ‘severe threat’ to food security. November 14, 2019. U.N. News.

Nationwide CEO: Addiction Is a Workforce Issue. Here’s How Business Leaders Can Address It. by Kirt Walker. November 13, 2019. Fortune.

Opioid Addiction In Jails: An Anthropologist's Perspective. by Emily Vaughn. November 12, 2019. Shots: Health News from NPR. NPR.

The secret list of convicted cops. Magazine format podcast hosted by Robert Lewis, Nikka Singh, and Al Letson. November 9, 2019. Reveal. The Center for Investigative Reporting.

Health Coverage in the United States: 2018. by Edward R. Berchick, Jessica C. Barnett, and Rachel D. Upton. November 8, 2019. United States Census Bureau.

Chart Book: SNAP Helps Struggling Families Put Food on the Table. Center for Budget and Police Priorities [CBPP]. November 7, 2019. CBPP.

How California Became America's Housing Market Nightmare. by Noah Buhayar and Christopher Cannon. November 6, 2019. Bloomberg.

Creating Systemwide Change to Promote Recidivism-Reduction & Employment Readiness.  CSG Justice Center. November 4, 2019. Council

Jobs Friday: The Broken Unemployment Insurance System.  by Cardiff Garcia. November 1, 2019. The Indicator from Planet Money, NPR. (9 minutes)

October 2019:

IL School Report Card: Now With Even More Data. by Dusty Rhodes. October 31, 2019. Illinois Issues, NPR Illinois

Special Issue: Experiences of Discrimination in America: Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality. Edited by Shoshanna Sofaer. October 24-30, 2019. Health Services Research, Volume 54, Issue S2 (entire issue is open access, available for free)

Fact Sheet: Hunger by the Numbers. October 25, 2019. Bread for the World, The Alliance to End Hunger

New 'Sesame Street' Muppet can be a lifeline for kids with parents trapped by addiction by Marc Siegel. October 24, 2019. USA Today.

Food Insecurity and Poverty Rates Improve to Pre-Recession Levels in 2018, but 1 in 9 People Are Still At Risk of Hunger. by Lauren Draftz. October 23, 2019. Health & Hunger, Feeding America.

Oregon Affordable Housing with Margaret Salazar. with Steve Guggenmos & Corey Aber. October 22, 2019. Multifamily Podcast, FreddieMac Multifamily.

The Technology Trap: More Than Automation Is Driving Inequality. by John B. Judis. October 20, 2019. The National Interest. (a review of The Technology Trap: Capital, Labor, and Power in the Age of Automation, by Carl Benedikt Frey.)

How do low-income families pay for chidl care? by Angela Rachidi. October 17, 2019. AEIdeas, American Enterprise Institute blog.

Medicaid's Dark Secret. by Rachel Corbett. October Issue, 2019. The Atlantic.

Disrupting Food Insecurity: Steps Communities Can Take. by Caroline Ratcliffe, Elaine Waxman, Cary Lou, Hannah Hassani, and Victoria Tran. October, 2019. The Urban Institute.

Stepping Up Initiative. CSG Justice Center. October, 2019. The Council of State Governments.

September 2019:

Why the United States has a high rate of maternal mortality  by Doris Pundy. September 29, 2019. DW.

Housing Organizations Slam White House Report on Homelessness. by Kriston Capps. September 23, 2019. CityLab.

Quick facts: Hurricane Maria's effect on Puerto Rico. By Emma Schwartz. January 19, 2018. Mercy Corps. [updated September 23, 2019]

There’s evidence that climate activism could be swaying public opinion in the US by Nathaniel Geiger. September 20, 2019. The Conversation.

Senate Releases FY2020 Housing Spending Bill with Modest Increases by NLIHC. September 20, 2019. Natoinal Low Income Housing Coalition.

Achieving universal health coverage through value-based care and public-private collaboration. by Mark McClellan, Lucas Scherdel, Andrea Thoumi, and Krishna Udayakumar. September 20, 2019. Future Development. The Brookings Institute.

Youth climate movement puts ethics at the center of the global debate by Marion Hourdequin. September 18, 2019. The Conversation.

It's Not Just Insulin: Diabetes Patients Struggle To Get Crucial Supplies byBram Sable-Smith. September 18, 2019. Morning Edition. NPR

The State of Mental Health in America 2020 by Maddy Reinert, Theresa Nguyen and Danielle Fritze. September 17, 2019. Mental Health America

Why won’t Democrats say they want government to solve problems? by Jennifer Mercieca. September 13, 2019. The Conversation.

Top Democrats discussed ‘Medicare for All’ at Houston debate, but what about healthy food for all? by Patricia Smith. September 13, 2019. The Conversation.

A plan to monitor the mentally ill? History of mental illness and stigma provides insights by Troy Rondinone. September 12, 2019. The Conversation.

Global Sustainable Development Report 2019:The Future is Now – Science for Achieving Sustainable Development, by the Independent Group of Scientists appointed by the Secretary-General. September 11, 2019. The United Nations.

The Income and Poverty in the United States 2018 report. by Jessica Semega, Melissa Kollar, John Creamer, and Abinash Mohanty. September 10, 2019. The United States Census Bureau.

Mental Health by The Numbers, National Alliance on Mental Illness September 2019. NAMI website.

Campaign 2020: How to fix America’s housing policies. by Jenny Schuetz. September 10, 2019. The Avenue. The Brookings Institute.

TIF: The Swiss-Army Knife Development Tool. by Kenneth Kriz. September 5, 2019. Illinois Issues. NPR Illinois.

How High Heat Can Impact Mental Health. by Nora Eckert. September 4, 2019. Heat and Health in American Cities. NPR. [There are companion articles in the series: As Rising Heat Bakes U.S. Cities, The Poor Often Feel It Most and Trees Are Key To Fighting Urban Heat — But Cities Keep Losing Them.]

A Conversation with Ece Temelkuran on How to Lose a Country, in 7 Steps. interview by Vikas Shah Mbe. September 1, 2019, Thought Economics

The State of Homelessness in America. by the Council of Economic Advisers. September 2019, The White House

August 2019:

Inclusive Approach to Immigrants Who Are Undocumented Can Help Families and States Prosper. by Erica Williams, Eric Figueroa, and Wesley Tharpe. August 21, 2019. Center for Budget and Policy Priorities.

JAMA Forum: Federalism as an Antidote to Polarization Over Health Care Policy by Stuart Butler. August 14, 2019. JAMA. The American Medical Association.

July 2019:

Are You Poor? Here's How Poverty Is Defined. By Susannah Snider. July 30, 2019. U.S. News and World Report

How bigotry created a black mental health crisis. By Kylie M. Smith. July 29, 2019. The Washington Post

Addressing the Lack of Continuity of Care in Mental Health Services by Kimberly Dennis, David Newton, and Namita Seth Mohta. July 18, 2019. NEJM Catalyst, New England Journal of Medicine.

Mental health - the lasting scars of crisis. A collection of articles by various journalists assembled as a web-based report. July 12, 2019. The New Humanitarian.

June 2019:

The Changing Landscape of Poverty [this is an in-depth report on poverty in the Indianapolis region, an area I lived for about half of my childhood, from late 1973 to mid-1982, so I found it extremely interesting. It is very well done as a regional analysis of trends in poverty]. by Matt Nowlin. June 29, 2019. SAVI. The Polis Center at IUPUI.

Trends in Housing Assistance and Who It Serves. by Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation. June 25, 2019. HAI Group

The disturbing, heartbreaking reality of Child Protective Services caseworkers reported by Jericka Duncan. June 14, 2019. CBS This Morning, CBS News.

What If We Expanded Child Care Subsidies? by Linda Giannarelli, Gina Adams, Sarah Minton, and Kelly Dwyer. June 14, 2019. Urban Institute.

The Mothers Who Fought to Radically Reimagine Welfare by Gene Demby. June 9, 2019. Code Switch, NPR.

Mother: 'Child Welfare Services in Colorado Stole My Disabled Son' by Megan Fox. June 8, 2019. PJ Media, Salem Media Group.

'It’s a miracle': Helsinki's radical solution to homelessness, by Jon Henley. June 3, 2019. The Guardian.

May 2019:

Is inequality really on the rise? by Ana Revenga and Meagan Dooley. May 28, 2019. Future Development, Brookings Institute.

Key facts about Asian origin groups in the U.S. by Aby Budiman, Anthony Cilluffo, and Neil G. Ruiz. May 22, 2019. FactTank (Pew Research Center).

Suppose you live in America’s most liberal state. Now suppose you live in the state known as “poverty capital of America.” But I repeat myself. by Mark J. Perry. May 15, 2019. Carpe Diem, American Enterprise Institute.

Poverty: What It Is and What We’re Doing To End It. by Anna Kučírková. May 13, 2019. Business Connect [the article is a promotional blog article].

Louisiana Decided to Curb Mass Incarceration. Then ICE Showed Up. by Noah Lanard. May 1, 2019. Mother Jones.

Map the Meal Gap 2019: A Report on County and Congressional District Food Insecurity and County Food Cost in the United States in 2017. by Craig Gundersen, Adam Dewey, Michael Kato, Amy S. Crumbaugh, and Mark Strayer. May 2019. Feeding America.

The Stepping Up Initiative. The National Alliance on Mental Illness. May 2019. NAMI.

Democracy Facing Global Challenges: V-DEM Annual Democracy Report 2019  by Anna Lührmann and many colleagues. May 2019. V-Dem Institute.

April 2019:

Reducing Child Poverty in the US: An Updated Analysis of Policies Proposed by the Children’s Defense Fund. by Sarah Minton, Linda Giannarelli, Kevin Werner, and Victoria Tran. April 30, 2019. Urban Institute Research Report.

Child Care and Housing: Big Expenses With Too Little Help Available. by Douglas Rice, Stephanie Schmit, and Hannah Matthews. April 26, 2019. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

New data: Low incomes – but high fees – for people on probation. by Mack Finkel. April 9, 2019. Prison Policy Initiative.

March 2019:

The Child Care Crisis Is Keeping Women Out of the Workforce. by Leila Schochet. March 28, 2019. Center for American Progress.

16 Reforms to Improve the Solvency and Integrity of Social Security Disability Insurance. by Rachel Greszler, Drew Gonshorowski, and Romina Boccia. March 27, 2019. The Heritage Foundation.

A history of residential segregation in the United States [pdf] by Richard Rothstein. March 2019, Vol. 34, No. 4, IRP focus.

Chart Book: Accomplishments of Affordable Care Act. by CBPP staff. March 19, 2019. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2019. by Wendy Sawyer and Peter Wagner. March 19, 2019. Prison Policy Initiative.

White Nationalism’s Deep American Roots. by Adam Serwer. March 2019 [published online on March 18th, 2019, the article is from the April 2019 print edition of The Atlantic Monthly.]

Trump’s Stricter Work Requirements for Food Stamps Might Actually Lead to Fewer Jobs. by Kanyakrit Vongkiatkajorn. March 17, 2019. Mother Jones

In Illinois, 77% of able-bodied, childless food stamp recipients at risk as feds push to enforce work requirements. by Alexia Elejalde-Ruin. March 13, 2019. Chicago Tribune.

Why Social Security Retirement is Important to Women. by Jim Borland. March 7, 2019. Social Security Matters.

College and Police Authorities Need Protocols to Protect Students from Intimate Partner Violence. by Teresa Salinas. March 5, 2019, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, Center for Injury Research and Prevention. 

Suspected Elder Abuse Claims Quadrupled in 4 Years — Here's What to Know and How to Protect Your Loved Ones. by Alix Langone. March 1, 2019. Money

February 2019:

Unworkable & Unwise: Conditioning access to programs that ensure a basi foundation for families on work requirements. [pdf] Working Paper by Kali Grant, Funke Aderonmu, Sophie Khan, Kaustubh Chahande, Casey Goldvale, Indivar Dutta-Gupta, Aileen Carr, & Doug Steiger. February 1, 2019. Center on Poverty and Inequality at Georgetown

In Utah and Idaho, G.O.P. Looks to Curb Medicaid Expansions That Voters Approved. by Robert Pear. February 4, 2019, The New York Times

This Black Lives Matter Activist Rallied With Trump Supporters. Find Out What Motivates Hawk Newsome. by Rob Bluey. February 4, 2019. The Daily Signal.

The Politics of Disgust. by Kathleen McAuliffe. March Issue (2019) [published online February 5, 2019] of The Atlantic

Healing For The Homeless: Men Talk Trauma At Springfield Shelter. by Mary Hansen. February 8, 2019, npr Illinois

Poverty and Dependency. by Kerby Anderson. February 14, 2019, Point of View

Missing Morality: Any effective social security system must first be guided by moral principles. by Reverend Paul Nicolson. February 15, 2019, Fabian Society

Teen Parents and the Reauthorization of Welfare Reform. by Kelley O’Dell. February 18, 2019. Advocates for Adolescent Mothers

Social services ignored 18 warnings about boy, 7, who died after suffering years of abuse. by Ageency. February 18, 2019. The Telegraph

Who's responsible for 2-year-old Ta'Naja's death?. by Ana Espinosa. February 18, 2019. Fox News 55/27 in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. (this one features an interview with your UIS professor Betsy Goulet)

New Funding for Counsel Now, Big Child Welfare Savings Later. by Joanne Moore. February 20, 2019. The Chronicle of Social Change

Workism is Making Americans Miserable. by Derek Thompson. February 24, 2019. The Atlantic

The Crime of Parenting While Poor. by Kathryn Joyce. February 25, 2019, The New Republic

NASW CEO Angelo McClain urges Congress pass "Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act." by Greg Wright and Aliah Wright. February 26, 2019. NASW [Press Release]. 

Financial institutions report widespread elder financial abuse. by Naomi Karp and Hector Ortiz. February 27, 2019, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau blog

January 2019:

Report to the Governor and the General Assembly. [pdf] by Meryl Paniak. January 1, 2019. Office of the Inspector General, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.

How One Company Is Making Millions Off Trump’s War on the Poor. by Tracie McMillan. January/February Issue (2019) of Mother Jones

The Whitewashing of King’s Assassination. by Vann R. Newkirk II. January 2019 (the King Issue) The Atlantic

Economics as a Moral Tale. by John Rapley. January, 9, 2019, Aeon

Why Detroit Residents Pushed Back Against Tree-Planting. by Brentin Mock. January, 11, 2019, Citylab

How Illinois Bet on Video Gambling and Lost. by Jason Grotto and Sandhya Kambhampati, and Dan Mihalopoulos. January 16, 2019. ProPublica Illinois and WEBZ

Overlooked No More: Isabelle Kelley, Who Developed a Food Stamp Program to Feed Millions. by Marguerite Joutz. January 16, 2019, The New York Times

The Perils of a Psychological Approach to Anti-racism. by Conor Friedersdorf. January 16, 2019, The Atlantic

Chicago Cop Convicted of Murdering Black Teen Gets Nearly Seven Years in Prison. by Olivia Exstrum. January 18, 2019, Mother Jones

By the numbers: Illinois posts 26th highest drop in food stamps participants. by Watchdog News. January 19, 2019, Illinois Watchdog

Pritzker skips over public health option in inaugural speech. by Greg Bishop. January 20, 2019, Illinois Watchdog

America's Teachers Are Furious. by Alia Wong. January 22, 2019, The Atlantic

Women Convicted for Leaving Food and Water for Migrants. by Shanti Saxon. January 22, 2019, Colorlines 

Yes, Low Unemployment Does Raise Wages. by Dean Baker. January 28, 2019, TruthOUT 

Volunteers Brave the Cold to Warn Young Girls about Sex Traffickers. by Natalie Moore. January 28, 2019, WBEZ News 

Top 10 Ways that the United States is the Most Corrupt Country in the World. by Juan Cole. January 30, 2019, Informed Comment 

December 2018:

The 2018 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress. by Meghan Henry, Anna Mahathey, Tyler Morrill, Anna Robinson, Azim Shivji, and Rian Watt. December, 2018, The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Office of Community Planning and Development.

Welfare Rules Databook: State TANF Policies as of July 2017 [pdf]. by Christine Heffernan, Benjamin Goehring, Ian Hecker, Linda Giannarelli, and Sarah Minton. December 7, 2018, Administration for Children and Families; Office of Planing, Research & Evaluation.

Answering Your Questions About Cannabis Legalization. by Kristin Walters. December 11, 2018, NPR Illinois

Why won’t the US Supreme Court Do Anything About Racism? by Tonja Jacobi & Ross Berlin. Decemer 12, 2018, Aeon

Kentucky’s Supreme Court Voids Controversial Pension Bill. by Patrice Taddonio. December 13, 2018, Frontline

‘Toxic Masculinity Has Deformed and Destroyed Our Men’. by Arild Kumar. December 13, 2018, The Atlantic; The Atlantic Selects: A showcase of cinematic short documentary films, curated by The Atlantic

After Years in Institutions, a Road Home Paved With Hunger, Violence and Death. by Joaquin Sapien. December 14, 2018, Frontline

Preliminary Findings of the Investigation into Catholic Clergy Sexual Abuse of Minors in Illinois [pdf]. by Office of the Attorney General, State of Illinois. December 19, 2018, Lisa Madigan, Attorney General of the State of Illinois.

Illinois Catholic Church Didn’t Disclose Hundreds of Abuse Cases. Sam Dunklau. December 19, 2018, NPR Illinois 

5 Ways Nixing The Affordable Care Act Could Upend U.S. Health System. Julie Rovner. December 20, 2018, NPR Health Shots  

U.S.D.A. moves to limit waivers to SNAP work requirements. by Jay Sjerven. December 20, 2018, Food Business News 

‘6 Months Off Meds I Can Feel Me Again’ . by Amanda Mull. December 20, 2018, The Atlantic

Trump’s Food-Stamp Policy Will Only Make Poverty Worse. by Annie Lowrey. December 20, 2018, The Atlantic

The Deadly Stress of Being a Black Woman in America. by Irma McClaurin. December 21, 2018, Ms. Blog

Georiga cuts food stamps for thousands with new system tracking recipients. by Chris Joyner, December 24, 2019, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The Supreme Court Said No More Life Without Parole for Kids. Why Is Antonio Espree One of the Few to Get Out of Prison? by Samantha Michaels. December 26, 2018, Mother Jones

What’s It Like for an Immigrant Child to Have a Glimpse of the American Dream, Then Have It Taken Away? by Ginger Thompson. December 28, 2018, ProPublica 

November 2018:

But That’s What Happened. by Elna Baker [The Old Man on My Shoulder] and Lilly Sullivan [While You Were Out]. November 9, 2018, This American Life

Strengthening families through primary prevention of child maltreatment and unnecessary parent-child separation [pdf]. by Jerry Milner. November 16, 2018, Administration for Children and Families; Children’s Bureau

As new Trump policy looms, fewer Bay Area immigrant families are signing up for public benefits. by Tatiana Sanchez. November 26, 2018, The Mercury News

Home visits for new moms offer a more robust social safety net in Tulsa. by Simon Montlake. November 26, 2018, The Christian Science Monitor

At Home With the Homeless. by Johannes Lenhard. November 28, 2018, Aeon

TANF Reaching Few Poor Families. by Ife Floyd, Ashley Burnside, and Liz Schott. November 28, 2018, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

October 2018:

Hidden Tribes: A Study of America's Polarized Landscape. by Stephen Hawkins, Daniel Yudkin, Miriam Juan-Torres, & Tim Dixon. October, 2018. More In Common.

Episode 680: Anatomy Of A Scam. by David Kestenbaum & Audrey Quinn. October 3, 2018, NPR Planet Money

Episode 869: The Student Loan Whistleblower. by Cory Turner & Sarah Gonzalez. October 12, 2018, NPR Planet Money

Before the Next One. by Robyn Semien [Ready As You’ll Never Be] and Miki Meek [Keep Breathing]. October 12, 2018, This American Life

‘Transgender’ Could Be Defined Out of Existence Under Trump Administration. by Erica L. Green, Katie Benner, and Robert Pear. October 21, 2018, The New York Times

Homelessness in America: Focus on Youth. by USICH. October 2018. United States Interagency Council on Homelessness

September 2018:

What Really Helps the Poor? by Stephanie Wykstra. September 20, 2018, Aeon

Episode 657: The Runaways. by Hannah Dreier. September 21, 2018, This American Life

Episode 867: Special Report: Asylum Crackdown. by Karen Duffin & Ailsa Chang. September 28, 2018, NPR Planet Money

Household Food Insecurity in the United States in 2017 by Alisha Coleman-Jensen, Matthew P. Rabbitt, Christian A. Gregory, & Anita Singh. September 2018, Economic Research Report Number 256. Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.

August 2018:

The Outsize Hold of the Word ‘Welfare’ on the Public Imagination. by Emily Badger. August 6, 2018, New York Times 

Hunger by the sea: human stories of food poverty told through animation. by Sue Sudbury. August 16, 2018, The Conversation

Drivers of Improvements in Global Food Security. by Karen Thome. August 21, 2018, U.S. Department of Agriculture Blog.

America’s real economy: It isn’t booming. by Peter Georgescu. August 22, 2018, Forbes.

What Happens When You Privatize Medicaid? with Kate Elston. August 26, 2018, Because Facts.

July 2018:

Being Black in America Can Be Hazardous to Your Health. by Olga Khazan. July/August issue, 2018, The Atlantic

Benefits, Work, and Poverty. by Paul Krugman. July 14, 2018, New York Times 

Why the War on Poverty in the US isn’t over, in 4 charts. by Robert L. Fischer. July 20, 2018, The Conversation

Episode 652: ICE Capades. by Nadia Reiman & Jeremy Raff [We’ll Talk About It in the Car] and Miki Meek [The Iceman Cometh]. July 20, 2018, This American Life

The Welfare Boogeyman. by Suzane Mettler. July 23, 2018, New York Times 

Home, Together: The Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness. by USICH. July 19, 2018. United States Interagency Council on Homelessness.

June 2018:

Racial Resentment Can Motivate Opposition to Welfare. by Olga Khazan. June 5, 2018, The Atlantic  

Hundreds of Illinois Children Languish in Psychiatric Hospitals After They’re Cleared For Release. by Duaa Eldeib. June 5, 2018, ProPublica Illinois  

What’s Really Behind Illinois’ Population Loss. by Mary Hansen. June 18, 2018, NPR Illinois  

More money will not fix our broken welfare state. We need to reinvent it. by Hilary Cottam. June 21, 2018, The Guardian

May 2018:

Bigger in Texas: Number of Adoptions, and Parents Who Lose Their Rights. by Christie Renick. May 24, 2018, Chronicle of Social Change. 

For America, Welfare is Essential for Warfare. by Jennifer Mittelstadt. May 2, 2018, War on the Rocks 

The impact of time limits on employment, divorce, and the social safety net. by Hamish Low, Costas Meghir, Luigi Pistaferri, and Alessandra Voena. May 13, 2018, VOX CEPR Policy Portal.

How India’s welfare revolution is starving citizens. by Rahul Bhatia. May 16, 2018. The New Yorker

SNAP Work Requirements Fact Sheet. by Rosa Rada. May 16, 2018. National Conference of State Legislatures

Trump’s New Health and Human Services Secretary Is a Joyful Regulator. by Margot Sanger-Katz. May 18, 2018, New York Times 

Actually, the US can afford Welfare. by Justin Fox. May 25, 2018, Bloomberg Opinion 

Meet the Economist Behind the One Percent’s Stealth Takeover of America.  by Lynn Parramore. May 30, 2018, Institute for New Economic Thinking

How welfare reform has hurt America’s poorest children. by Economist staff writers. May 31, 2018, The Economist 

April 2018:

Gun Control, White Paranoia, and the Death of Martin Luther King, Jr. By Rich Benjamin. April 3, 2018, The New Yorker

Does the Treasury plan to modernize anti-blight laws stack up? By Aaron Glantz & Emmanuel Martinez. April 4, 2018, Reveal (Center for Investigative Reporting)

It’s on Us to Stop the War in Yemen. By . April 4, 2018, Other Words

Stephon Clark and the Shooting of Black Men, Armed and Unarmed. By Jelani Cobb. April 5, 2018, The New Yorker

Mind The Pay Gap [podcast]. by Stacey Vanek Smith & Cardiff Garcia (with Francine Blau). April 9, 2018, Planet Money Podcast

Executive Order Reducing Poverty in America by Promoting Opportunity and Economic Mobility. Donald Trump. April 10, 2018, The White House

Trump wants to slash welfare with stricter work requirements. by Tara Golshan. April 10, 2018, Vox

Deficit Attention Disorder [podcast]. by Stacey Vanek Smith & Cardiff Garcia (with Jared Bernstein). April 11, 2018, Planet Money Podcast

World leaders shed a tear for Syrian children, but for Gaza it’s business as usual. by Amelia Smith. April 11, 2018, MEMO Middle East Monitor

Trump Issued a Call for Welfare Reform. Here Are 4 Actions Policymakers Can Take. by Mimi Teixeira and Robert Rector. April 11, 2018, The Heritage Foundation Commentary

The 1968 Fair Housing Act; 50 Years Of Progress, Still An Uphill Climb To Equality by James H. Carr. April 11, 2018, Forbes

Women earn less after they have kids, despite strong credentials by Joya Misra. April 11, 2018, The Conversation

Exploring Teen Food Insecurity in Portland, Oregon by Martha M. Galvez, Megan Thompson, Micaela Lipman, Susan J. Popkin, Elaine Waxman. April 12, 2018. The Urban Institute.

Damned If You Do... [podcast] stories by Kevin Sieff, Shannon Heffernan, and Sharif Youssef, April 13, 2018, This American Life episode 643

How the new estate tax rules could reduce charitable giving by billions. by Patrick Rooney. April 13, 2018, The Conversation 

Trump's Executive Order on 'Welfare' Is Designed to Pit Workers Against One Another. by Rebecca Vallas. April 15, 2018, Common Dreams

Remembering David Buckel, the Pioneering Lawyer Who Championed L.G.B.T. Rights. By Masha Gessen. April 16, 2018, The New Yorker

March 2018:

The unwelcome revival of ‘race science’. by Gavin Evans. March 2, 2018, The Guardian

As Trump ends Obama-era protections for Salvadorans, a family in Minnesota has few good options to stay together by Angilee Shah. March 2, 2018, PRI’s The World

The Gender Wage Gap: 2017 Earnings Differences by Race and Ethnicity. by Ariane Hegewisch & Emma Williams-Baron. March 7, 2018, Institute for Women’s Policy Research

Busting the Myth of ‘Welfare Makes People Lazy’. by Derek Thompson. March 8, 2018, The Atlantic

A Rethinking College Students and SNAP. Tom Allison. March 14, 2018, Spotlight on Poverty & Opportunity

In Kentucky, all sides agree on need for criminal justice reform. But how? by Henry Gass. March 15, 2018, The Christian Science Monitor

Against a Weed Industry by Jonathan Caulkins, March 15, 2018, National Review

The Consequences of Racism. Miriam Zoila Pérez: How Does Racism Affect Pregnant Women and Babies? March 16, 2018 episode of the TED Radio Hour

The Heavy Burden of Teaching My Son About American Racism. by Jemar Tisby. March 20, 2018, The Atlantic

Why Denmark dominates the World Happiness Report rankings year after year. by Marie Helweg-Larsen. March 20, 2018, The Conversation

In Kansas voter ID trial, a clash of two visions for America. by Christa Case Bryant. March 20, 2018, The Christian Science Monitor

Threat assessments crucial to prevent school shootings. by Dewey Cornell. March 21, 2018, The Conversation

Police fired at unarmed Black man 20 times because he was holding a cell phone. by Melanie Schmitz. March 21, 2018, ThinkProgress

Finland's homeless crisis nearly solved. How? By giving homes to all who need.. by Gordon F. Sander. March 21, 2018, The Christian Science Monitor

A Basic Income Pilot in America: An Interview with Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs. Michael Tubbs. March 21, 2018, Spotlight on Poverty & Opportunity

Strategies to Encourage Safe Methadone Use in Medicaid. from the Substane Use Prevention and Treatment Initiative, March 21, 2018, The PEW Charitable Trusts

How Racism in the West is Changing: from Exploitation to Competition. by Anne-Ruth Wertheim, March 22, 2018, Informed Comment, originally published 21 February in Joop [in Dutch].

A Domestic Budget to Make Barack Obama Proud. by Russell Berman. March 25, 2018, The Atlantic

As Students ‘March for Our Lives,’ What Are the Feasible Aims for Gun Control? by James Fallows. March 25, 2018, The Atlantic

The Unfulfilled Promise of Fair Housing by Abdallah Fayyad. March 31, 2018, The Atlantic

February 2018:

Words You Can't Say. February 2, 2018, Episode 637 of This American Life

What does “Be a man” even mean? February 2, 2018, To the Best of Our Knowledge.

Unnecessary Medical Care is More Common Than You Think. By Marshall Allen, February 1, 2018 ProPublica 

Economics News Release: Employment Situation Summary. February 2, 2018 release of the January 2018 Employment Situation. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Alt-Right is Killing People. By Keegan Hankes and Alex Amend, February 5, 2018 Southern Poverty Law Center.

Statehouse Dems Push Urgent Federal Medicaid Funding Plan Forward. By Sam Dunklau, February 7, 2018 NPR Illinois.

President’s Budget for FY 2019 [pdf]. February 7, 2018, Office of Management and Budget. The White House.

DCFS worker beaten while taking child into protective custody last year has died, officials say. By Kate Thayer, February 9, 2018, The Chicago Tribune.

Heritage Experts Analyze President Trump's FY 2019 Budget Proposal. February 12, 2018, The Heritage Foundation.

Trump’s 2019 budget: what he cuts, how much he cuts, and why it matters. By Dylan Matthews, February 12, 2018, Vox.

Trump’s proposed budget makes changes to SNAP. By Gloria Dawson, February 12, 2018 Supermarket News.

The Gang Crackdown. Frontline documentary first broadcast on February 12, 2018, Season 36 Episode 5 of Frontline on PBS.

Why security measures won’t stop school shootings. By Bryan Warnick, Benjamin A. Johnson, and Sam Rocha, February 14, 2018 The Conversation.

Stimulus Response. February 14, 2018, by Cardiff Garcia and Stacey Vanek Smith. Planet Money. (or, listen to Response by the Chemical Brothers)

Why Reform SNAP? Food Aid Is Working? By Kriston Capps, February 16, 2018 CITYLAB.

In aftermath of school shooting, NASW Florida chapter offers resources, action items for social workers. By Jim Akin, February 16, 2018. NASW Social Work Blog.

President Trump's Hunger Games By Annie Lowrey, February 18, 2018 The Atlantic.

Does President Trump Plan to 'End' a Program Funding Heating for the Elderly and Disabled? February 20, 2018 update of an investigative report from November 2nd of 2017. Fact Checker Arturo Garcia. Snopes.

I’ve been shot in combat. And as a veteran, I’m telling you: allowing teachers to be armed is an asinine idea. by Matt Martin, February 20, 2018 in Charlotte Five.

Are African American families more vulnerable in a largely white neighborhood? By Gregory Smithsimon, February 21, 2018 The Guardian.

What I Saw Treating the Victims From Parkland Should Change the Debate on Guns by Heather Sher, February 22, 2018 in The Atlantic.

This is What Life Without Retirement Savings Looks Like by Alana Semuels, February 23, 2018 in The Atlantic.

What America is getting wrong about three important words in the Second Amendment. by Robyn Pennacchia, February 24, 2018 on Quartz website

Texas's colonias: solution to housing crisis or moral blot on rich nation’s conscience? by Henry Gass, February 25, 2018 in The Christian Science Monitor.

January 2018:

Want to Fall in Love With Your Partner Again? Science Says to Ask Them These 36 Questions, by Melanie Curtin. January 31, 2018 in Inc.

The Transcript of Trump’s State of the Union Address. Lena Felton and Taylor Hosking, January 30, 2018 The Atlantic.

What Happened to All the Jobs Trump Promised?. By Isaac Arnsdorf and Lena Groeger. Jan. 29, 2018 ProPublica 

Newly Defanged, Top Consumer Protection Agency Drops Investigation of High-Cost Lender. By Paul Kiel. January 23, 2018. ProPublica

Health care’s ‘upstream’ conundrum. By David H Freedman. Jan 10, 2018. Politico; The Agenda, Agenda 2020.

How Likely Is Someone To Sexually Harass Others? This Scale Determines. By Michel Martin. Jan 14, 2018. NPR Illinois.

Rauner Signs Law to Help Women Behind Bars. By Sam Dunklau. Jan 17, 2018. NPR Illinois.

Here's Just How Little Confidence Americans Have In Political Institutions. By Domenico Montanaro. Jan 17, 2018. NPR Illinois.

The Resurgent Threat of White-Supremacist Violence. By Jonathan Greenblatt. Jan 17, 2018. The Atlantic Monthly.

A Dark & Constant Rage [pdf[. This is the report from the Anti-Defamation League discussed by Jonathan Greenblatt in The Atlantic. It seems to have been released in January of 2018. A summary is available at the ADL website.

From Racial Justice To Homelessness, Updates On St. Louis Activism. by Rachel Otwell, January 17, 2018, npr Illinois

Warning issued over putting medically fragile children in Medicaid managed care. By Susan Agrawal writing in Crain's, and shared by Rich Miller in Capitol Fax. Jan 17, 2018. Crain's.

We Can End Child Trafficking And Forced Labor By Eitan Peled. Jan 19, 2018. Forbes. (UNICEF USA Voice)

Living Well Now: What Does It Take? By Randall Curren. Jan 21, 2018. NPR Illinois.

A Prescription For Fruits and Veggies: One Solution to Food Insecurity in Illinois. By Daisy Contreras. January 18, 2018. NPR Illinois.

1 Son, 4 Overdoses, 6 Hours. By Katharine Q. Seelye. January 21, 2018. New York Times.

Exodus: The Journey Continues. January 23, 2018, Frontline on PBS.

The U.S. can no longer hide from its deep poverty problem. By Angus Deaton. January 24, 2018. New York Times

SF tourist industry struggles to explain street misery to horrified visitors. By Heather Knight. January 30, 2018. San Francisco Examiner

Oregon Woman Evicted From Senior Housing For $328 In Late Rent Freezes To Death In Parking Garage. By Angus Deaton. January 29, 2018. BloomsMag

 

For East St. Louis, A Glimmer Of Hope For Housing Revitalization. By Molly Parker. Jan 4, 2018. NPR Illinois.

Bridging black and white: How St. Louis residents are trying to surmount racial inequities post-Ferguson. By Christa Case Bryant. January 2, 2018. Christian Science Monitor. 

Sources for data and facts

Spotlight on Poverty & Opportunity Illinois fact sheet

Illinois Homelessness Statistics U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness

National Energy & Utility Affordability Coalition Illinois fact sheet

Readings for exploring political ideology and values

Tribal, systematic, and fluid political understanding. By David Chapman. From his metablog Meaningness. November 1, 2016.

Steiger, Russell L. & Reyna, Christine (2017). Trait contempt, anger, disgust, and moral foundation values. Personality and Individual Differences (113) 125–135. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2017.02.071 [PDF]

Hibbing, J. R., Smith, K. B., & Alford, J. R. (2014). Differences in negativity bias underlie variations in political ideologyBehavioral & Brain Sciences37(3), 297-307. doi:10.1017/S0140525X13001192 [PDF]

 Choma, B. L., Jagayat, A., Hodson, G., & Turner, R. (2018). Prejudice in the wake of terrorism: The role of temporal distance, ideology, and intergroup emotions.  Personality & Individual Differences123 65-75. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2017.11.002 [PDF]

Milesi, P. (2016). Moral foundations and political attitudes: The moderating role of political sophistication. International Journal Of Psychology, 51 (4), 252-260. doi:10.1002/ijop.12158 [PDF]

Smith, K. B., Alford, J. R., Hibbing, J. R., Martin, N. G., & Hatemi, P. K. (2017). Intuitive Ethics and Political Orientations: Testing Moral Foundations as a Theory of Political IdeologyAmerican Journal Of Political Science61(2), 424-437. doi:10.1111/ajps.12255 [PDF]

Liberal Perspectives

George Lakoff: Retaking Political Discourse. International House, U.C. Berkeley. December 1, 2011 [lecture on YouTube]

Understanding Trump. By George Lakoff. July 23, 2016.

George Lakoff’s blog.

Robert Reich’s blog.

Conservative Perspectives

William Voegeli presents a perspective: Who's More Compassionate: The Left or the Right? [a highly misleading presentation, but it does give a conservative view] in his Jul 25, 2016 talk at Prager U.

Greg Gutfeld presents his perspective: Why the Right is Right in his September 21, 2015 talk at Prager U. [Also highly misleading, but shows how one conservative perceives conservatism].

Dennis Prager himself presents a conservative viewpoint in his December 14, 2015 talk How Big Should Government Be? Left vs. Right #1 [accurately presents the theories of some conservatives, but the characterizations he offers of liberals are, you should recognize, straw man arguments.]

Radical Perspectives

How I became a Socialist (Jack London).

A guide to radical social work by Vasilios Ioakimidis. from May 24, 2016 at The Guardian website

Alternative Perspectives

the Ten Key Values of the Green Party