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Poverty & Inequality

Features and Press Releases

January 26th 2009
Experts Available for Interviews on Mississippi Human Development Report
November 7th 2008
SSRC to Release Initial Findings of College Learning Assessment Study
October 28th 2008
New Research Alliance for NYC Schools
August 27th 2008
The Perfectly Outrageous Storm
Three years since Katrina, SSRC.org talks to award winning sociologist Shirley Laska about her continuing efforts to aid the rebuilding of the housing infrastructure in New Orleans -- as well as her evacuation plans in case Gustav strikes. We also feature an audio slideshow on the housing recovery, with another sociologist, Rachel Luft, and activist Robert "Kool Black" Horton.
July 18th 2008
Five Subway Stops, A Half-Century Difference
The Measure of America, a co-publication of the SSRC and Columbia University Press, introduces a single measure of well-being for all Americans, disaggregated by state and congressional district, as well as by race, gender, and ethnicity. Use it to take a look at conditions in your state, your district, your ethnic group.
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Programs and Projects

American Human Development Project
Tracking how America is doing from the perspective of human development
CLA Longitudinal Study
Higher Education Access and Success
Learning from Katrina
Studying the long-term social and psychological impacts of Hurricane Katrina
Migration and Development Within and Across Borders: Research and Policy Perspectives on Internal and International Migration
Mixed Income Research Design Project
Privatization of Risk Project
Improving the analysis of problems of risk, markets, and public policy
Research Alliance for New York City Schools