August 30, 2013
Friday Round-Up: This Week in the News
- A recent study shows that financial strain significantly impairs the ability to make good decisions.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/sciencefair/2013/08/29/poverty-decision-experiment/2727439/ (USA Today) - ThinkProgress shares the story of one man in recovery from a mental illness and who has experienced homelessness in DC. With supportive mental health services and a housing program, he is now living in his own apartment.
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/08/28/2310961/mentally-homeless-district/?goback=%2Egde_1289557_member_269395823#%21 (ThinkProgress) - NPR takes a look at the definition of the federal poverty line and raises questions about the formula behind it.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/08/27/214822459/a-college-kid-a-single-mom-and-the-problem-with-the-poverty-line (NPR)