THE POVERTY CONSORTIUM

Across the country, numerous public institutions are legally responsible for children every day. → READ MORE...

Finding political common ground in North Carolina is an art, and Gov. Roy Cooper (D)—now in his third year as the state's chief executive—is working his brushstrokes. Whether it's prioritizing Medicaid expansion statewide, changing the way the state is addressing its growing opioid crisis, or blocking repeated attempts at banning → READ MORE...

A New Jersey state judge this week ordered the dissolution of an organization known as the Jewish Institute for Global Awareness (JIFGA) – which facilitated fraudulent gay-to-straight “conversion therapy” – after its directors violated an injunction entered four years ago requiring its predecessor to permanently cease all operations. → READ MORE...

Americans younger than age 50 have spent more than half—in some cases, all—of their adult lives with America at war. This group, who will constitute more than half of eligible voters in the 2020 presidential election, grew up in a time when America was involved in such a large number → READ MORE...

The U.S. immigration court system has failed to fulfill the constitutional and legal promise of fair and impartial case-by-case review, according to a new report released today by the Southern Poverty Law Center and Innovation Law Lab. → READ MORE...

As President Donald Trump absconds to the United Kingdom for the pomp and circumstance of a visit with Queen Elizabeth and the royal family, Jesse Lee, senior adviser for Communications at the Center for American Progress and this week's guest, is here to remind us from what Trump may be → READ MORE...