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Another Win For Child Development Accounts
Kudos to the Center for Social Development (CSD) at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis for another win in its efforts to expand the use of child development accounts (CDA) to alleviate generational poverty. Thanks to the persistent efforts of CSD Policy Director Margaret Clancy who spearheaded…
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Children Should Not Fear School
I remember during my childhood the “duck and cover drills” we endured in the wake of the invention of the...
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Citizen Trump
I am a huge Orson Welles fan. This weekend I decided to watch Citizen Kane again to escape the daily...
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Rep. Lee at Children’s Mental Health Symposium
Rep. Barbara Lee (CA-13) spoke at the symposium on Federal Policies Impacting Children’s Mental Health Services held October 29, 2013 in the Cannon Caucus Room sponsored by CRISP and the McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research with assistance from...
On the Economy
- No question, the unemployment rate paints an incomplete picture…and yet… July 15, 2019It’s long been understood by anyone trying to assess the labor market that the unemployment rate is, by itself, not up to the task. Most importantly, it leaves out those not looking for work, but it’s also not adjusted for demographic change, nor does it factor in those who are working fewer hours than they’d... […]Jared Bernstein
