A new map illustrates the state-by-state implications of a full Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal if the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rules in favor of the plaintiffs. See how a repeal would affect each state’s insurance coverage and government funding of health care.
Student loans represent a complicated balance between access to higher education and the clouds that may hang over students’ heads in the future. When is taking on student loan debt a good idea, and what can help fix our growing debt balance?
There is renewed bipartisan interest in stronger federal efforts to rein in restrictive zoning laws to unleash housing supply and improve affordability. But will deregulatory strategies really work?
At the Urban Institute, we use machine learning to classify text, create novel data extracted from news articles, and generate anonymized public use files from confidential data, to name a few examples. Understanding how bias is introduced—and addressed—is critical to our work.
Social Security’s history of excluding African American families, combined with structural barriers in the labor market, has contributed to a disproportionate share of African Americans in poverty. Join the Urban Institute and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities for a webcast and panel discussion on Wednesday, July 24 at 9:00 a.m.
