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West Virginia’s July flash floods show how rural disasters bring distinct challenges that require tailored responses.
Your data deserve better than a PDF Think tanks and research institutions: the PDF is a bad habit that is killing you slowly.Adding photos to food stamp cards would not reduce benefit trafficking Proposals by states to require photo ID to use SNAP cards are not worth their economic and social costThe Gatekeepers: Four ways prosecutors can improve their decisionmaking Prosecutors have a lot of discretion to affect mass-incarceration. It's time they start reducing prison populations.A data-driven approach doesn’t have to be impersonal What were the secrets behind a successful program to provide housing to vulnerable homeless people?A new Urban.org to elevate the debate A sneak peek at Urban Institute's soon-to-be-released new websiteWhat’s behind the growing share of bank portfolio lending? Three major economic factors explain why banks are doing so much lending outside the auspices of the federal government
