A recently published opinion piece, “Poverty and Culture,” written by Professor Lawrence Mead and published in Society, has caused great concern within the poverty research community. While the editor has since withdrawn the article, the …
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Poverty and the Pandemic with Prof. Sarah Halpern-Meekin
1050 Bascom Podcast, Department of Political Science, UW–Madison, 7/15/2020
COVID-19 And Racial/Ethnic Disparities In Health Risk, Employment, And Household Composition
Thomas M. Selden and Terceira A. Berdahl, Health Affairs, 7/14/2020
Newsmakers: Coronavirus Edition with Dr. Tiffany Green, assistant professor at UW–Madison
Appleton Post-Crescent, 7/8/2020
Three IRP Affiliates honored with Vilas Professorships and Awards: Marah Curtis, John Eason, and Susannah Tahk
Lonnie Berger named the new Associate Vice Chancellor for Research for the Social Sciences in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education
Families Forward: An Experimental Program for Reducing the Child Support Debts of Noncustodial Parents
The Wisconsin Bureau of Child Support, the Racine County Child Support Department, and the Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) implemented a child support debt reduction demonstration program, Families Forward, in Racine County. The program …
Vast Federal Aid Has Capped Rise in Poverty, Studies Find
Jason DeParle, The New York Times, 06/2/20, quoted: James P. Ziliak, Bruce D. Meyer, Diane Schanzenbach, and Christopher Wimer
2019 Robert J. Lampman Memorial Lecture – Bruce Western
Poverty, Criminal Justice, and Social Justice Bruce Western Bryce Professor of Sociology and Social Justice and Co-Director of the Justice Lab Columbia University Presented Thursday, April 25, 2019
Why Parts Of Rural America Are Pushing Back On Coronavirus Restrictions
Kirk Siegler, NPR Morning Edition, 5/27/20, quoted: Kathy Cramer