Low-income parents want a white picket fence, not just money, before getting married
Marriage rates in the U.S. are declining, especially among the lowest-income Americans.
Social Sciences
Nov 28, 2018
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San Francisco to join list of those banning cashless stores
San Francisco is about to require brick-and-mortar retailers to take cash as payment, joining Philadelphia and New Jersey in banning a growing paperless practice that critics say discriminates against low-income people who ...
Business
May 7, 2019
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Carbon pricing disproportionately harms the elderly: Study
As the human population ages, carbon pricing policies may disproportionately harm low-income seniors, according to a study published in PNAS Nexus.
Social Sciences
Jul 19, 2023
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Climate change hits some of us much harder than others, but affected groups are fighting back
All around us, climate change is worsening existing disadvantage. In Australia, we need only look to low-income households hit harder by rising energy and fuel prices, and flood responses in northern New South Wales overlooking ...
Environment
Oct 17, 2022
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Preliminary research finds children already exercise caution online but also calls for stronger safety measures
Children routinely interact with people they don't know online and respond with caution when approached, but they want tech companies and governments to do more to keep them safe according to preliminary research findings ...
Social Sciences
Feb 6, 2024
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Climate change impacts are increasing for Americans
A new national report finds that the impacts of weather extremes—exacerbated by climate change—are far-reaching across every region of the United States. However, the report also finds that rapidly reducing greenhouse ...
Environment
Nov 15, 2023
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How the costs of disasters like Hurricane Ian are calculated, and why it takes so long to add them up
The U.S. experienced 15 disasters in the first nine months of 2022 that each caused at least US$1 billion in damage. Hurricane Ian is taking the largest toll of these disasters by far—but the extent of the damage could ...
Economics & Business
Oct 17, 2022
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Two faces of dignity: A Kantian perspective on ride share drivers' fight for decent working conditions
On November 3, 2016, Emmanuel Macron, who had recently launched a presidential bid, mentioned what he felt was Uber's positive role in providing work opportunities to low-income or unemployed youth (our translation and emphasis):
Social Sciences
Nov 6, 2023
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