By:
Gene Perry
December 5, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
This afternoon, the State Chamber of Oklahoma is hosting a public affairs forum with a keynote speech titled “Defending the Dream: Why Income Inequality Doesn’t Threaten Opportunity.” The speech will be delivered by David Azerrad from the Heritage Foundation, who…
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By:
Guest
December 4, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Michael Lipsky is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos. This post originally appeared on the Policy Shop blog.
For most of its history ALEC has operated in the background, but its influence recently drew the spotlight when its promotion of…
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By:
David Blatt
November 29, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
A recent broadcast of NPR’s MarketPlace Money featured a short commentary by Tom Lehman, a professor at Indiana Wesleyan University, defending payday lending. Responding to widespread concerns about the high cost of payday loans and their tendency to trap borrowers…
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By:
Gene Perry
November 28, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Poverty in Oklahoma is at a six-year high. Recent Census numbers showed that more than one in six Oklahomans – and almost one in four children – live in poverty. Even as we are lauded for our economic successes, the…
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OK Policy intern Amanda Marcott Thottunkal updated and revised earlier versions of this post, which ran in November 2010 and 2011.
The US Department of Agriculture’s annual report on household food security was released in September. On average, during the…
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By:
Kate Richey
November 19, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Click here for a copy of a presentation of this research to the OKDHS Practice and Policy Lecture Series on 4/25/2013
Oklahoma’s prosperity depends on the financial success and economic achievement of the people who call it home. For a…
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Given Oklahoma’s rapidly changing demographics, persistent inequality is a structural impediment to development and a drag on economic growth. Closing the opportunity gap for people of color is central to a prosperous Oklahoma.
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By:
Kate Richey
November 15, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
The State Department of Health convened a leadership summit in October 2012 to address a public health problem that is as tragic as it is entrenched in Oklahoma: infant mortality. The summit is part of a statewide initiative to raise…
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Incomes for poor and middle-class families in Oklahoma have stagnated since the late 1990s, with nearly all of the growth in income going to the wealthiest households, according to a new report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities…
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By:
Kate Richey
November 1, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Using data from the American Housing Survey, this analysis highlights how both the built environment of a physical space and differential access to quality public services affect household and neighborhood health. While the results reveal differences in the environmental quality…
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