Tag: Poverty/Wealth

New research shows that the policing of nonviolent offenses, like loitering, restricts access to free Wi-Fi, particularly for people of ...

Study finds evidence that association between wealth and longevity persists even within siblings and twin pairs EVANSTON, Ill., --- One ...

What The Study Did: Researchers investigated the association between net worth at midlife and subsequent longevity in individuals as well ...

Credit: Mimi Abebayehu/Wikimedia Commons Rivers are lifelines for many countries. They create valuable ecosystems, provide drinking water for people and ...

In one out of every six local authorities, rates of hunger are more than 150 per cent (one and a ...

Study shows randomized Bangladesh-based trial of training in agronomy method has advantages for rice output and profits, as well as ...

Disenfranchised, minority neighborhoods still exposed to disproportionately high levels of health harming nitrogen dioxideCredit: GW WASHINGTON (July 20, 2021)--A new ...

A secondary analysis of AAMC data, led by U of M Medical School students, raises equity concerns as medicine works ...

What The Study Did: Credit reports were analyzed to estimate the amount of medical debt in collections nationally and by ...

Tackling income inequality could boost low-income children's vocabulary, new study suggests Three decades ago, child development researchers found that low-income ...

SMU sociologist says treating pets like family impacts birth rates, budgets and job choiceCredit: Hillsman S. Jackson In her new ...

What The Study Did: Among the few New York state public school districts providing full-time in-person elementary school instruction during ...

Authors of a new book call for the focus to be firmly on medical care, food, housing, 'other necessary social ...

Research shows low-cost DNA biomarker technique can trace cocoa from a specific farm to the chocolate bar in your handCredit: ...

ITHACA, N.Y. - Direct farm marketing efforts, such as farmers markets and roadside stands, are more successful in communities with ...

Wealthier, whiter urban and small-town residents benefit more from cooling infrastructure and treesCredit: Suzanne Benz WASHINGTON--In cities and towns across ...

Credit: Wikimedia Commons Rather than waiting for certainty in sea-level rise projections, policymakers can plan now for future coastal flooding ...

Benefits for next generation demonstrate long term positives of nutrition programs July 12, New Delhi - Women who received free ...

Credit: College of ACES, University of Illinois. URBANA, Ill. - Food insecurity is a major problem in the U.S., and ...

Populist anti-foreign aid rhetoric works - but only fans of populist politicians are convinced by hostile messages about charity abroad, ...