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At the same time, we can take actio
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52 Charles Whalen and Felix Reichli
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96 Julia Gordon, “Inequality, Opp
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prehensive immigration reform. Pass
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An Immigration Policy that Works fo
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CHAPTER 3 Early Childhood By Katie
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Due to these high costs, parents ar
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information available to parents. 2
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Policy recommendations Two new poli
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CHAPTER 4 Higher Education By Ben M
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FIGURE 4.1 Average tuition and requ
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FIGURE 4.3 Net price of public four
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Policy recommendations Increasing h
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for the same home. 9 Furthermore, t
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LGBT People Face Significant Barrie
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CHAPTER 5 Health Care By Maura Cals
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Health care benefits are part of a
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When combined, these trends meant t
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Policy recommendations The ACA made
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The notice should outline how much
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Require drug companies to justify p
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Workers with disabilities are also
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with disabilities, child care provi
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CHAPTER 6 Housing By Sarah Edelman
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FIGURE 6.1 Homeownership rate 75% 7
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middle-class households: The share
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Homebuyers in the coming decade may
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Support and expand low down payment
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Changes such as these have faced pu
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63 CAP published a report in Decemb
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African American and Latino workers
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CHAPTER 7 Retirement By David Madla
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FIGURE 7.1 Households are not build
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FIGURE 7.3 Middle class households
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The federal government plays a larg
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Modernize survivorship and divorce
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Fully implement the conflict of int
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CHAPTER 8 Conclusion By Brendan Duk
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The country will elect a new presid
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Thomas Huelskoetter is the Research
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Acknowledgements The authors would