New research parses how income inequality drives homelessness in U.S.
Analysis links income inequality with increased cost burdens, rather than how fast housing prices rise.
Analysis links income inequality with increased cost burdens, rather than how fast housing prices rise.
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We highlight five studies that explore how gun injuries lead to billions of dollars in hospital costs and lost work time every year.
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Just before thousands of people in hundreds of U.S. cities rose up demanding racial justice and denouncing police violence, an investigative reporting team revealed that federal courts have been increasingly likely to shield police from civil lawsuits.
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Strip searches and garnished wages over a few grand in court debt? Here’s how Anna Wolfe and Michelle Liu got the scoop on Mississippi’s “restitution program.”
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Regional Fed banks regularly produce national and local research that can help contextualize stories, no matter your beat — and bank economists are often willing to talk with journalists.
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New research draws a direct line between dedicated parking spots and the number of cars owned among affordable housing residents in San Francisco.
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Disparity studies can expose discrimination in government contracting. But do they lead to lasting change?
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California counties hardly had any financial ties to state juvenile facilities before a 1996 law.
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Academic studies that explore minimum wage changes tend to look at how those changes affect employment levels. There are hundreds of studies on this.
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“We noticed in the media there’s more and more spectacular break-ins and people stealing data and putting it on the dark web,” says Gary King, an expert in big data analysis. “We were wondering whether we could create some good out of all this bad.”
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