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Not Out of the Woods Yet Article
People wait to talk with potential employers at a job fair sponsored by National Career Fairs in New York, Monday, December 12, 2011. (AP/Mark Lennihan)

Not Out of the Woods Yet

Desmond Brown explains why there is a need for continued investment in the American workforce system.

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As Poverty Rises, Wrong Time to Cut Safety Net In the News

As Poverty Rises, Wrong Time to Cut Safety Net

Desmond Brown argues in New America Media that it's bad timing to talk of cutting program that help needy Americans with the poverty numbers up.

New America Media

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Rethinking Youth Engagement Strategies Article
El alcalde de Nueva York Michael Bloomberg anunció este mes una nueva iniciativa para hacerle frente a los retos económicos que enfrentan los hombres jóvenes latinos y afroamericanos en la ciudad. (AP/Richard Drew)

Rethinking Youth Engagement Strategies

Desmond Brown unpacks the city’s new program to see what national lessons can be learned about engaging youth at risk of missing opportunities to succeed.

Desmond Brown

The American Dream Takes a Tough Hit Article
Más recortes en el gasto discrecional pondrá más presión en la financiación de los programas de empleo, ayuda para vivienda, asistencia de calefacción y refrigeración para ancianos de bajos ingresos, y servicios de cuidado infantil que permiten a madres entrar en la fuerza laboral. El recorte de estos programas tendrá un profundo impacto en las comunidades de bajos ingresos y de color.

The American Dream Takes a Tough Hit

The debt limit deal will make it harder for low-income families and communities of color to prosper, write Melissa Boteach and Desmond Brown.

Melissa Boteach, Desmond Brown

Summertime Blues Article

Summertime Blues

Desmond Brown details the costs to our society of teenage summer unemployment and offers solutions to this persistently worsening problem, especially among poor teens.

Desmond Brown