There is a consensus among poverty experts that over the past 50 years there has been some improvement in the condition of the poor. … Despite the rising optimism, there are disagreements over how many poor people there are and the conditions they live under. There are also questions about […] Read more »
Federal Tax System Seen in Need of Overhaul
The public sees the nation’s tax system as deeply flawed: 59% say “there is so much wrong with the federal tax system that Congress should completely change it.” Just 38% think the system “works pretty well” and requires “only minor changes.” These opinions have changed little since 2011. With the […] Read more »
Most Say Government Policies Since Recession Have Done Little to Help Middle Class, Poor
The public makes sharp distinctions about which groups have benefited – and which have not – from the economic policies the government has put in place since the start of the recession. Majorities say that large banks, large corporations and the wealthy have been helped a great deal or a […] Read more »
Majority Backs Congressional Fix If Court Nixes Obamacare Subsidies
A majority of voters believe that Congress should pass a law to aid millions of lower-income Americans who could lose their health care coverage if the Supreme Court invalidates the subsidies they receive for living in states that didn’t establish their own insurance marketplaces. CONT. Carrie Dann, NBCNews.com Read more »
Public sees ill health as resulting from broad range of causes
A new NPR/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health poll finds that more than six in ten people living in the U.S. (62%) are concerned about their future health. Nearly four in ten (39%) said that they had one or more negative childhood experiences that they believe […] Read more »
The Gentrification Effect
… The nation’s urban centers are changing rapidly. Blacks are moving out, into the suburbs or to other regions of the country. Poverty is spreading from the urban core to the inner suburbs. White flight has slowed and in some cases reversed. Nationally, Hispanics have displaced blacks as the dominant […] Read more »