New data highlights an increasing wealth divide across the United States. pick-uppath/Getty Images
by Tom Kemeny, University of Toronto
One need only glance at headlines about...
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For December’s health focus, University of Pittsburgh student Michelle Dougherty highlights the latest research on housing security, including the role of community...
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Marginalized communities suffer unequally from “rent burden.” Rent burden happens when someone spends more than 30% of their income on rent. This hardship...
When tenants and landlords need to resolve a housing dispute, many turn to local organization Just Mediation Pittsburgh (JMP).
JMP supports people and communities in...
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by Jill Yavorsky, University of North Carolina – Charlotte and Sarah Thebaud, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Men are the sole breadwinners...
by Kathleen Frydl, Johns Hopkins University
The United States may regard itself as a “leader of the free world,” but an index of development released...
