Colorado Public Radio

Poverty gap for Black and Latino senior citizens grew over last decade

Although Melvin Page had a long career in public service, retiring proved to be much more difficult than he thought. Three years into his retirement, Page suffered a brain aneurysm that left him with ...
Oregonian

Oregon’s poverty gap continued to shrink through the pandemic

Even as COVID-19 upended Oregon’s economy and uprooted thousands of lives, the poverty gap between white and nonwhite Oregonians narrowed to the lowest point on record. About 15% of Oregonians who ...
The Atlantic

Could a Few Billionaires Close the World's Poverty Gap?

This week, the richest business leaders and investors from around the world have gathered in Davos, Switzerland, for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. In keeping with tradition, a small ...
The Gazette

Chasing Progress: Poverty gap for Black, Latino seniors grew over past decade

Although Melvin Page had a long career in public service, retiring proved to be much more difficult than he thought. Three years into his retirement, Page suffered a brain aneurysm that left him with ...
CNN

Where’s the empathy for black poverty and pain?

Editor’s Note: Tanzina Vega covers race and inequality for CNN Money. Follow her on Twitter @tanzinavega. The opinions expressed in this commentary are her own. Tanzina Vega writes that politicians ...
The Hill

Anti-poverty programs fail to address the Black-white gap in child poverty rates, study says

The Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University released a new report on the role of government programs in the Black-white child poverty gap. In-kind benefits, like housing subsidies ...
Education Week

Poverty, Not Race, Fuels the Achievement Gap

Racial segregation tends to concentrate black and Hispanic children in schools where most of the students come from poor families because of the persistent connection between race and income in the ...
Columbia Daily Tribune

Columbia’s War on Poverty: Student achievement gap is one glaring effect of poverty

For most of us, Columbia is such a great place to live and work, still small-town, with plenty of culture, innovation, and education. But beneath its heavily academic veneer lies a stark reality: the ...
RealClearPolitics

The Global Poverty Gap

WASHINGTON -- It's nature versus nurture. One of the big debates of our times involves the causes of economic growth. Why is North America richer than South America? Why is Africa poor and Europe ...
Nextgov

Closing the Cybersecurity Poverty Gap

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. It is safe to say that public- and private-sector enterprises will see their cybersecurity risks and exposures continue to increase in ...