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Princeton University and the Brookings Institution released “Universal Approaches to Promoting Healthy Development” on May 29.This is an issue of the journal The Future of Children that examines how universal programs offered to all parents in a community — as opposed to programs that target only the families most at risk for…

Reproductive rights are now front and center in the 2020 campaign, as a number of states recently have tried to restrict or regulate abortions in some way. We discussed the wave of abortion bills being passed with Elizabeth M. Armstrong, associate professor of sociology and public affairs at Princeton University’s Woodrow…

Today, only half of children grow up to earn more than their parents, as opportunities for upward mobility continue to decline. Meanwhile, more than 15 percent of children live in poverty.Understanding what is behind these problems has been a challenge, as each pocket of the United States faces particular struggles. The…

Americans seeking information about unemployment rates, wage growth and inflation can do so with the click of a button. But transparency of this kind is not readily available in many developing countries. How does this flow of information — or lack thereof — affect political stability around the world?A new book published by…