For a quarter of its residents, Pittsburgh isn’t an affordable place to live. A contested housing policy is at the center of efforts to change that.
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Canada’s official poverty measure only focuses on income and ignores other important factors, meaning there are millions of Canadians living in poverty that are ignored by the measure.
Amid the global threats posed by climate change, spiralling energy costs, insecure employment and widening inequality, the need to rethink our notion of progress is now an urgent priority.
Why the government’s main measure of poverty doesn’t tell us much about the lowest-income people.
Social disadvantage can cause stress that leads to changes in ‘connectivity’ between brain regions, potentially harming adolescents’ ability to plan, set goals, and self-reflect.
Pointing out the benefits of white privilege has become a racial justice rallying cry, but associating ‘white’ with ‘privilege’ in the classroom can harm academic performance among students of color.
There is a large and widening gap between the richest and poorest Australians in terms of risk of dying before the age of 75, according to a study tracking the trend from 2006-16.
The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing people to study and work online. It’s also sparked a need for news and information. That’s a challenge for the 24 million Americans who lack broadband internet access.
Although cynical about today’s political leaders, the views of young South Africans are surprisingly similar to those of the mid-1990s.
If the country is to survive its current crisis, government will need to undertake two difficult tasks simultaneously.
Research shows marginalized communities are marked by a profound sense of community, supportive social networks – and resilience.
Most researchers use the UN’s Human Development Index to measure each country’s progress, but that system has flaws. A new, simplified index aims to do it better.
Research shows that children attending schools with low-quality food environments, in poorer neighborhoods, gain more central body fat – putting them at risk of obesity and cardiometabolic disease.
Western Australia has huge amounts of sunshine and wind, yet only 7% of its energy comes from renewables. What’s more, most households in the poorest suburbs are still locked out of the solar panel boom.
Race-conscious admissions policies are still the best way to achieve diversity on campus. Yet, some race-neutral methods could help colleges improve diversity – and stand up to legal scrutiny.
Public health experts traditionally expect that the poorer you are, the more likely you are to be unwell and die before your time. But newly available data on cancer rates show that’s not always true.
There’s an assumption that the poor eat more unhealthy fast food because it’s relatively cheap, leading some governments to try limit their access. Two researchers tested that assumption.
Increasing inequality, environmental degradation, financial instability – it’s clear the current system is broken.
After years of neglect and a notable absence in last week’s Closing the Gap report, nutrition is finally being recognised as integral to closing the gap on Indigenous disadvantage.
An alternative way to look at who comes where in PISA tests – and the results are surprising.
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Professor of Economics, emeritus, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Associate Professor Conflict Resolution, Trinity College Dublin
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Research Fellow, Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment, University of Oxford
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Director of Public Health Information Development Unit (PHIDU), Torrens University Australia
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Professor, Public Health Policy, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Law, University of South Carolina
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Associate Professor, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University
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Director, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC) and John Curtin Distinguished Professor at Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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Ford Professor of Urban Design and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Canada Research Chair in Digital Media Use by Children and Its Implications for Promoting Togetherness: An Ecosystemic Approach, Université de Sherbrooke
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Director of the International Laboratory of Demography and Human Capital, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
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Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Murdoch University
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Lecturer, School of Economics, Finance and Property, Curtin University
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Professor of Economics, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Brock University