Poverty

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  • Cooper_HERO-1

    Why Poverty Is Like a Disease

    Emerging science is putting the lie to American meritocracy.
  • kidholdingbrain

    How Poverty Changes Kids’ Brains

    Hill Street Studios/Getty Images Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . When children grow up in poverty, their brains can take a different shape. That’s one of the stark and uncomfortable findings from the lab of Kimberly Noble, a pediatrician and cognitive neuroscientist at Teachers College, Columbia University. Noble has […]