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Gender
Health
Women
Connecticut
2022
CT is struggling with a high rate of period poverty and a lack of menstruation product access. Here’s how it’s fighting back.
September 13, 2022

CT is struggling with a high rate of period poverty and a lack of menstruation product access. Here’s how it’s fighting back.

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Aging
COVID
Discrimination
Health
2022
Why are American lives getting shorter?
September 12, 2022

Why are American lives getting shorter?

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Asset Building
COVID
Housing
2022
How California Exported Its Worst Problem to Texas
September 12, 2022

How California Exported Its Worst Problem to Texas

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Child and Youth Well-Being
Gender
Health
K-12
LGBT
Missouri
2022
'I shouldn't be penalized because I'm having a period': Period poverty continues in St. Louis
September 9, 2022

'I shouldn't be penalized because I'm having a period': Period poverty continues in St. Louis

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K-12
Texas
2022
High-poverty schools struggle to earn Texas’ highest rating. Some in the Rio Grande Valley break that trend.
September 6, 2022

High-poverty schools struggle to earn Texas’ highest rating. Some in the Rio Grande Valley break that trend.

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K-12
2022
The Pandemic Erased Two Decades of Progress in Math and Reading
September 1, 2022

The Pandemic Erased Two Decades of Progress in Math and Reading

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Child and Youth Well-Being
K-12
Tax and Budget
2022
As pandemic aid runs out, America is set to return to a broken school funding system
August 31, 2022

As pandemic aid runs out, America is set to return to a broken school funding system

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Child and Youth Well-Being
Gender
Health
K-12
Women
Alabama
2022
Alabama schools to receive state funds to address 'period poverty'
August 29, 2022

Alabama schools to receive state funds to address 'period poverty'

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Child and Youth Well-Being
K-12
Nutrition
Public Benefits
2022
As students go back to school, many face a lunch bill for the first time in 2 years
August 26, 2022

As students go back to school, many face a lunch bill for the first time in 2 years