• Republicans are looking to scale back food stamps. One map shows how much red states depend on them.

    In the News

    May 15, 2025

  • The economic and political dynamics of rural America

    Analysis

    January 10, 2025

  • Manufacturing jobs have recovered, but not everywhere

    Analysis

    October 8, 2024

  • Will the New Wave of Place-Based Policy Leave Persistently Poor Areas Behind?

    In the News, Testimony & Commentary

    July 12, 2023

  • Advancing Economic Development in Persistent-Poverty Communities

    Reports

    June 27, 2023

  • How the Small Business Jobs Act Would Impact Opportunity Zones

    Analysis, Policy

    June 14, 2023

  • Trump’s Immigrant Crackdown Left A Critical Shortage Of Workers In U.S. Economy

    In the News

    December 15, 2022

  • Despite a Surge in New Businesses, Distressed Communities are Still Struggling to Recover Pandemic Job Losses

    Analysis

    December 14, 2022

  • How Did the Housing Market Get So Unaffordable for So Many?

    In the News

    December 12, 2022

  • OZ Webinar Series | Investing in Rural and Emerging Opportunity Zones

    Analysis

    December 1, 2022