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Research Briefs
November 30, 2020
Covid-19 Shutdowns Disproportionately Affected Low-Income Black Households
The alarming rate at which Covid-19 has killed Black Americans has highlighted the deeply embedded racial disparities in the U.S. health care system. Princeton researchers now report that low-income Black households also experienced greater job loss, more food and medicine insecurity, and higher indebtedness in the early…
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Mellody Hobson ’91
Community Profile, Changemakers, Features
October 12, 2020
Mellody Hobson ’91
Shortly after graduating from Princeton University, Mellody Hobson ’91 joined Ariel Investments as an intern. Today, she serves as the company’s co-CEO and president. Based in Chicago, Ariel is the first minority-owned investment management firm in the country and specializes in small and mid-capitalized stocks. Mellody…
Mellody Hobson ’91
Research Briefs
June 02, 2020
Discrimination, Inequality May Erase ‘Birthweight Advantage' of Black U.S. Immigrants in One Generation
Black women have the highest prevalence of low birthweight babies compared to other racial and ethnic groups, but black immigrants typically have much better outcomes than their U.S.-born counterparts. Yet, little has been known about whether this “healthy immigrant” effect persists across generations.According to a new study…
Kathryn Edin
News
April 14, 2020
Universal Childhood Allowance Could Reduce Childhood Poverty, Edin Testifies
Today, about 15 million children in the United States live in families with incomes below the federal poverty threshold. This is why reducing childhood poverty is a top priority for some U.S. lawmakers, who are trying to identify the most effective ways to reverse course of this troubling trend. On March 3, the House…
Kathryn Edin
Research Briefs
May 29, 2019
Universal Approaches to Promoting Healthy Development
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…
Features
May 24, 2019
WWS Reacts: Restricting Abortions Across America
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…
Features
May 23, 2019
Initially Threatened by Change, People Adapt to Societal Diversity Over Time
President Donald Trump recently introduced immigration reforms that would prioritize education and employment qualifications over family connections in selecting immigrants and nominated immigration hard-liner Kris Kobach as “immigration czar.” The moves, like many by Trump, speak to those who feel threatened by what they…
Research Briefs
April 24, 2019
Inequality Gap Grew Before the Great Recession and After, Study Finds
The Great Recession hit Americans across the socioeconomic spectrum, with some still working to recover economically. Yet, the drivers behind these socioeconomic divides were mounting before the decline even hit, according to a paper published in PLOS ONE.A number of studies have investigated the financial hardships caused by…
Features
February 04, 2019
Project to Collect Real Portraits of American Life
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…
Podcasts
January 03, 2019
Politics & Polls #120: Immigration Then & Now
Issues related to immigration have occupied a central role in political debates, especially during the Trump presidency. Although the current focus tends to be on Central and Latin America, backlash unfolded throughout American history, including among Chinese immigrants in the 19th century. Much of what took place then has…