Pew Charitable Trusts1 年
Racial Disparities Persist in Many U.S. Jails
The large growth of the United States’ criminal legal system in the late 20th century brought a widening racial gap in incarceration. 1 By the year 2000, Black people made up almost half of the state ...
Pew Charitable Trusts3 年
How FDA Regulates Artificial Intelligence in Medical Products
Health care organizations are using artificial intelligence (AI)—which the U.S. Food and Drug Administration defines as “the science and engineering of making intelligent machines”—for a growing range ...
Pew Charitable Trusts7 年
How Income Volatility Interacts With American Families’ Financial Security
The balance sheets of American households are showing modest improvement, as are people’s attitudes about their financial health. The Census Bureau found that the median household income increased by ...
Pew Charitable Trusts6 年
More Imprisonment Does Not Reduce State Drug Problems
Nearly 300,000 people are held in state and federal prisons in the United States for drug-law violations, up from less than 25,000 in 1980. 1 These offenders served more time than in the past: Those ...
Pew Charitable Trusts1 年
Broadband Basics: How it Works, Why It’s Important, and What Comes Next
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Pew Charitable Trusts5 年
To Safely Cut Incarceration, States Rethink Responses to Supervision Violations
Recent research from The Pew Charitable Trusts found that about 4.5 million people in the United States are on community supervision as of 2016. Probation and parole provide a measure of ...
Pew Charitable Trusts7 年
Are American Families Becoming More Financially Resilient?
Financial shocks—lost income or expenses that families do not plan for, such as from job loss, illness, injury, death, or a major home or vehicle repair—represent one of the core challenges American ...
Pew Charitable Trusts7 年
Why Are Millions of Citizens Not Registered to Vote?
In every state and the District of Columbia—except North Dakota—individuals who plan to vote in a federal election must first register to vote. However, a sizable share of eligible citizens do not ...
Pew Charitable Trusts2 年
How COVID Changed the Way City Governments Support Local Businesses
Since March 2020, businesses across the country have endured rolling economic shocks stemming from public health restrictions, shifting consumer behavior, and labor and supply chain disruptions ...
Pew Charitable Trusts17 天
State Public Health Data Reporting Policies and Practices Vary Widely
When public health agencies lack access to clinical data, illnesses spread undetected, the health system becomes overburdened, and health care costs, illnesses, and deaths rise. The water crisis in ...
Pew Charitable Trusts9 年
Palau National Marine Sanctuary
This fact sheet was updated in June 2017 to reflect the designation of additional large marine reserves in 2016. Caring for the environment has long been an important part of Palau’s culture. For ...
Pew Charitable Trusts8 年
Household Expenditures and Income
Expenditures are a key but often overlooked element of family balance sheets. In measuring household financial security, significant attention is typically paid to income, but much less to whether ...