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  • American Voices Project
    Listen to the voices of America. Learn from the country's top scholars. Make a difference.
     
  • Minor in Poverty, Inequality, and Policy
    New this year! Enroll now to minor in poverty, inequality, and policy.
     
  • New Issue of Pathways!
    In this year’s State of the Union issue, the country’s leading experts examine gender inequalities in the United States.
     
  • Poverty in California
    Are there 20,000 Californians in deep poverty? 200,000? Or 2 million? Drawing on administrative and survey data, the California Poverty Measure is the best and most comprehensive measure of poverty in California.
     
  • Stanford Poverty and Technology Lab
    The lab brings together Stanford students and faculty, Silicon Valley leaders, and experts in the government and nonprofit sectors to incubate technology-based solutions to poverty and inequality.
     

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CPI News

  • New this year! The CPI and the Department of Sociology are teaming up to offer a new minor in poverty, inequality, and policy. The interdisciplinary coursework provides state-of-the-art training in the causes of poverty and inequality and... More
  • Would you like to become more involved in the CPI’s research, take our new minor or certificate program, or otherwise participate in our many activities? To celebrate the start of the school year, we’re hosting a welcome reception. Please... More
  • The supplemental poverty rate remained largely unchanged at 13.9 percent, according to ... More
  • The Russell Sage Foundation is soliciting papers for an upcoming journal issue on the intended and unintended consequences of the legal visa system and immigration law. Proposals are due by November 8, 2018.... More
  • The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences has hosted generations of scholars, thinkers, and researchers who come for a year as fellows. Apply now for the 2019–20 fellowship! Applications are due by November 2, 2018. ... More