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The farther apart the rungs on our economic ladder, the more difficult the climb for those at the bottom. Social mobility becomes more restricted as our wealth gap grows. Social mobility is not simply a social issue, it’s an economic...

Although family income has grown as a whole, it has declined for bottom third of working families. I’m committed to supporting working families, providing parents with multiple pathways to financial stability, fostering their asset developments and integrating additional supports and...

Our current system of anti-poverty programs and policies reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of the structural causes of poverty and does little to address the systemic and internal barriers that make it nearly impossible to overcome it. The struggles of those...