At least one of every seven children in Maryland lives in poverty. A new analysis says the real number might be higher -- maybe one in every five children. Whatever the number is, it’s too high. Gov. Wes Moore has pledged to end child poverty in Maryland. He joins us to tell us how he plans to do that, and how long it will take. 

Then Johns Hopkins sociologist Stefanie DeLuca tells how helping poor families move to neighborhoods where people are doing well boosts their own success.

A working paper, titled "When Anything Can Happen," authored by Stefanie DeLuca and Nicholas Papageorge was recently featured in Johns Hopkins Magazine. This study explores the decisions low-income minority students make about postsecondary education.

The Community & Urban Sociology section of the American Sociological Association announced in June that PIRL Director Stefanie DeLuca was a recipient of the 2021 Publicly Engaged Scholar award.  This award recognizes community and urban sociologists who use their research to make significant and meaningful contributions to public debates, public policy, and/or communities.

Stefanie DeLuca has been cited in a recent article from The Economist, "How landlords thwart America’s attempts to house poor people."

Read the article here.

Stefanie DeLuca, the James Coleman Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, is quoted in the New York Times.

Stefanie DeLuca, James Coleman Professor of Social Policy and Sociology, has been elected to the Sociological Research Association (SRA), an honor that recognizes her as one of the most successful researchers in her field. SRA is a highly selective 400-person society of sociological scholars founded in 1936, and annually elects up to only 14 new members based on their excellence in research. DeLuca's work focuses on urban poverty, race, housing and educational inequality.

Nicholas Papageorge was interviewed in a New York Times article to discuss his recent NBER working paper, "Bringing Epidemiologists and Economists Together."  Papageorge coauthored the paper along with ten other scholars, two of whom are also based at Johns Hopkins.

Read the article here and the working paper here.

PIRL researchers released a new working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, drawing on survey data from National Longitudinal Survey of Youth and qualitative interviews with young adults in high-poverty neighborhoods in Baltimore.

In their compelling op-ed published by the Baltimore Sun, Stefanie DeLuca and Meredith Greif discuss the urgent need to increase rental assistance for both tenants and landlords in the wake of COVID-19 and Biden's extended eviction moratorium.