The New York Times

Why this? Hunger and poverty are policy choices. Addressing these choices will help heal many communities.

The initiative comes at a time when food prices are rising at their fastest rate in four decades and lines at food banks are swelling.

Center for Health Journalism

Why this? Disparities in race and income can point to higher rates of health issues. However, there may be other factors, such as gene expression in certain environments.

They found that children of all races and ethnicities who lived in tracts with more low-income households, higher population density and more poverty had increased rates of asthma. In addition,Black and Hispanic-origin children had higher rates of asthma and asthma-related complications than whites, regardless of their census tract or mother’s education.

New York Daily News

Why this? Lack of access to family planning services can have wide ranging effects for an entire family.

The post-Roe v. Wade era will reveal two disparate Americas where there is a divide in access to reproductive rights across income brackets — those who can afford to make personal choices about family planning and those who cannot.

PACEs Connection

My name is Elliott Hinkle, and I use they/them pronouns. I am the principal and founder of Unicorn Solutions which is my independent consulting firm where I do training, consultation, facilitation, and advising. It really focuses on helping young adults that are impacted by systems, especially LGBTQ+ youth and young adults as well as the adults who support them.