LEO's statement on racial injustice
We will use our expertise to play a part in the change that is needed to empower communities that have been oppressed by systemic racism. At the same time, we must acknowledge and address the disparities within our own walls.
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The New York Times: Vast Federal Aid Has Capped Rise in Poverty, Studies Find
Bruce D. Meyer and Jeehoon Han of the University of Chicago and James X. Sullivan of Notre Dame, analyzing Census Bureau survey data, found that incomes rose among needy Americans in April, despite cresting unemployment, as government payments began.
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New poverty measure confirms coronavirus-driven federal stimulus measures were effective
Notre Dame research finds that the poverty rate fell by 2.3 percentage points from 10.9 percent in the months leading up to the Covid-19 pandemic (January and February) to 8.6 percent in the two most recent months (April and May).
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