Postpartum Care in Arkansas: A Crisis of Coverage
Babies need their mothers; children need their parents. Everyone should have the opportunity to raise their children and live out their full life expectancy. However, this opportunity is denied many […]
Report: The Critical State of Black Women’s Health
The state of Black women’s health is in critical condition, due to the systemic racism, discrimination, and implicit bias that Black women face within the health care system. To combat […]
The Critical State of Black Women’s Health
The state of Black women’s health is in critical condition, due to the systemic racism, discrimination, and implicit bias that Black women face within the health care system. To combat […]
2021 Fall Arkansas Hunger and Child Tax Credit Data Visualizations
Every child needs access to an adequate amount of healthy food to thrive. Even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, however, too many of Arkansas’s children were facing hunger, especially our Black and Hispanic or Latino children.
Child Poverty in Northwest Arkansas: Policy Solutions to Build a Stronger Community
Statewide, many people think of Northwest Arkansas as a place where poverty is rare, where families and communities thrive in a booming economy. But as our updated Northwest Arkansas Child […]
Breaking Down the Barriers for Arkansas’s Black Men and Boys: Part III (education)
As we’ve demonstrated over the past few months with the release of our data snapshot series, black men and boys in Arkansas encounter significant barriers. They face a higher rate […]
Breaking Down the Barriers for Arkansas’s Black Men and Boys: Part II (health)
Across the board, our black men and boys encounter significant barriers. They face a higher rate of infant mortality, child poverty, and incarceration than their white peers. They also have […]
Breaking Down the Barriers for Arkansas’s Black Men and Boys: Part I
Across the board, black men and boys in Arkansas encounter significant barriers. They face a higher rate of infant mortality, child poverty, and incarceration than their white peers. They also have […]