Living in a disadvantaged neighborhood contributes to a rare form of heart failure known as peripartum cardiomyopathy, a potentially deadly disease that disproportionately affects Black mothers.

Back in the 1990s, the federal government tried an unusual social experiment: It offered thousands of poor women in big-city public housing a chance to live in more affluent neighborhoods. A decade ...

Nonprofit organizations and cooperatives can play an important role in revitalizing poor neighborhoods—especially in areas where for-profit companies and governments are unable, or unwilling, to get ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The poorer the neighborhood, the higher the risk for problem gambling, according to a study from the University at Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions (RIA). Based on ...

Living in a disadvantaged neighborhood contributes to a rare form of heart failure known as peripartum cardiomyopathy, a potentially deadly disease that disproportionately affects Black mothers.

When the only grocery store and pharmacy in Metcalfe Park shut its doors this summer, we weren’t surprised, but we were devastated. The closure of the Pick ’n Save at 35th and North didn’t just end ...

In Philadelphia, the school board announced a decision to close 23 schools this week, and poor, minority neighborhoods will feel the pain, reports the New York Times. Suggested Reading Why We ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Curisa M. Tucker, University of South Carolina (THE CONVERSATION) Living in a ...