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On Sentencing Reform, Bipartisanship Isn’t Dead
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January 14, 2016

Within the first minute and a half of his final State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Obama called out the need for criminal justice reform. And with good reason. Nearly 1 in 100 American adults is incarcerated. America’s prison population has increased by 500 percent over the past...

What’s Happening to Failing White Men: Ten Numbers that Explain the Roots of White Male Rage
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January 12, 2016

Amid all the largely disconnected discussions about angry white males, stagnant wages and inequality, fatherless families, and polarized politics, several striking linkages among these issues have largely gone unnoticed. Tens of millions of white men have been expelled or checked out from mainstream American life – a reality with profound...

President Obama’s Final State of the Union: What to Watch For and How You Can Participate
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January 11, 2016

Tuesday night will see President Obama delivering his seventh – and final – State of the Union address. By most accounts, the President will both reflect on the past – highlight some of his Administration’s accomplishments – and look ahead to the future. With only one year remaining in office,...

Talking Poverty with GOP Candidates at the Kemp Forum Tomorrow
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January 8, 2016

As you hopefully saw in our earlier blog post and Fact of the Week, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R­-WI) is moderating a forum on “Expanding Opportunity” tomorrow (Saturday, January 9) in which at least seven of the Republican presidential candidates will take part. We’ll be taking part via social media,...

Fact of the Week:  If Income Gains Had Been Broadly Shared – and not Concentrated in the Hands of the Richest 1 Percent – Poverty in America Could Have Been Eliminated by 1985
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January 8, 2016

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R­­­­-WI) is interested in reducing poverty, and is moderating a forum on “Expanding Opportunity” this Saturday (January 9) in South Carolina, in which at least seven of the Republican presidential candidates will take part. We await with interest their proposals to reduce poverty and expand opportunity....

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