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Co-published with Grist. Landslides are one of Kentucky's costliest natural disasters. Climate change is increasing their danger.

EHRP executive director Alissa Quart discusses themes from her new book 'Bootstrapped,' which looks at how the American notion of pulling oneself up by their bootstraps creates harm.

Co-published with The New York TimesAmericans are taught that they have to go it alone. That’s a dangerous myth.

Co-published with Harper’s Magazine. Can empty houses help solve homelessness?

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Co-published with The Salt Lake TribuneUtah says checks from the Emergency Rental Assistance fund are better off going to landlords rather than renters directly.

Co-published with GridYoung physicians in training are being squeezed by labor shortages, inflation and long hours.

Co-published with Literary Hub. Alissa Quart on the bootstrap narratives of Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Co-published with JacobinWhen schools offer universal free meals, hungry kids eat. They also have better academic performance, behavior, attendance, and psychosocial functioning.

Co-published with JacobinSchool meal programs across the US are in disarray due to major staffing shortages and exploitative business practices, and kids are shouldering the burden.

Co-published with Rolling StoneAn exclusive excerpt from the new book Bootstrapped explodes the fantasy at the heart of the American dream.

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