The 2019 government shutdown is just the latest reason why poor people can't bank on the safety net
- Written by Jamila Michener, Assistant Professor of Government, Cornell University
Unreliable policies can make poverty more stressful.Rawpixel/Shutterstock.comI conduct a lot of in-depth interviews with people like a woman I’ll call Angie as part of my work as a political scientist who studies poverty and public policy. When I asked the low-income mother of two, who works multiple jobs but still struggles to care for her...
