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Easing the affordability crisis and increasing economic security requires policies that both reduce costs and boost workers’ earnings.
College Borrowing Is Declining for Most Students, but Black Students Are an Exception Declines in student loan borrowing are not equal across student cohorts, with Black students, those attending for-profits, and those earning certificates seeing increases in debt burdens over the past decade.Housing Market Researchers Tend to Ignore Coborrower Race. Differences In Denial Rates Suggest They Shouldn’t. Housing market data traditionally assign race and ethnicity categories to households based on the primary borrower or head of household, but this practice can obfuscate crucial differences for dual-race couples.Cross-Sector Community Partnerships Are Key to Boosting Upward Mobility and Equity By partnering with community organizations and the private sector, local governments can better coordinate and sustain progress toward their upward mobility goals.Empowering Young People in the Workplace Can Benefit Workers and Employers Young workers often face barriers to self-advocacy in the workplace, but organizations can empower these young people by making space, building their skills, and creating communities.How Head Start Providers Can Reduce Children’s Risk from Environmental and Climate Hazards As environmental and climate change–related hazards grow, Head Start and other early childhood providers can support children’s well-being by understanding and taking action to prepare for environmental exposures.Baby Bonds Would Reduce Racial Wealth Inequities. Here’s What Policymakers Need to Know. New analysis shows that emerging baby bonds policies have great potential to reduce wealth gaps between Black and white Americans.
