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Minneapolis Star Tribune. October 7, 2023.

Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada

Editor’s Note: This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Each week, Path Finders features a Q&A with a

Exorbitant CEO pay has contributed to rising inequality in the United States for decades, according to a new report from the Economic Policy Institute.

University of Michigan faculty are available to discuss the U.S. Census Bureau's 2022 report on poverty and income statistics, to be released Sept. 12. The official poverty rate in 2021 was 11.6%, with 37.9 mil­lion people in poverty.

In addition to inflation, the expiration of pandemic-era government benefits is partially responsible for the increases in poverty.

In 'The Injustice of Place,' three scholars outline a deep American dysfunction hiding in plain sight: the fact that geography can seal a citizen's fate.

To offer a clearer picture of how much progress has been made since Detroit's bankruptcy the Free Press dug into metrics spanning the last decade.

Minnesota has a new child tax credit for families whose incomes make them financially insecure. Advocates predict it will make a big dent in child poverty, although how that is measured matters.

The program aims to financially support parents by providing them with a cash allowance of $1,500 each month.