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Minor in Poverty, Inequality, and Policy

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Monitoring the Crisis

The American Voices Project is monitoring the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on everyday life, with a special focus on people of color, the low-income population, and other groups that are disproportionately affected.

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A New Course: Monitoring the Crisis

The CPI is offering a new research-based course for Stanford students on the current health and economic crisis. Students will conduct immersive interviews with people across the country to understand how they're faring during this... More
The High-Stakes Count

CPI affiliate Pam Karlan and Nathaniel Persily discuss the challenges of taking the census during a pandemic. ... More
Poverty, Inequality, and COVID-19

Stanford and CPI scholars weigh in on COVID-19. Unemployment During the Pandemic... More
RSF Call for Submissions

The Russell Sage Foundation calls for submissions for a forthcoming journal issue on The Social and Political Impact of COVID-19 in the United States. ... More
The Time for a Nationwide Eviction Moratorium is Now

In a recent op-ed in The Hill, CPI affiliate Michelle Wilde Anderson calls for government action to prevent a wave of evictions. ... More

	Prime-Age Employment, July 2020	73.8%
	Official Poverty Measure, 2018	11.8%
	Supplemental Poverty Measure, 2018	13.1%
	Deep Poverty (OPM), 2018	5.3%
	90th/10th Percentile of Household Income, 2018	12.6