Intergenerational poverty is a weight on the backs of millions of Americans. As things stand, roughly a third of U.S. children who grow up poor will also experience poverty as adults. This holds back not just individuals, but the future productivity of the U.S. economy, Greg J. Duncan and Harry J. Holzer argue.
In new research, Duncan and Holzer identify the key factors that perpetuate intergenerational poverty, highlight the disparities across racial lines, and share policies to help improve the long-term outcomes of children.
President Biden in Israel. On a new episode of The Current, Jeffrey Feltman weighs in on how Biden’s show of empathy—but also caution—was received by Israelis during his trip, the urgent need for humanitarian relief in Gaza, and the dangers of escalation from Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Turmoil in the Middle East. To discuss the regional dynamics leading to Hamas’s attack on October 7 and key assumptions Washington had before this war began, Suzanne Maloney joins The Foreign Affairs Interview.
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