Abstract Problem/Condition: Suicide is a public health problem and one of the top 10
leading causes of death in the United States. Substantial geographic variations in suicide …

Unauthorized immigration is one of the most contentious policy issues in the United States.
In an attempt to curb unauthorized migration, many states have considered restrictive laws …

Households with a low-income in rural places experience disproportionate levels of food
insecurity. Further research is needed about the nuances in strategies that households with …

After decades of lower or comparable mortality rates in rural than in urban areas of the US,
numerous studies have documented a rural mortality penalty that started in the 1990s and …

Past research on the relationship between unemployment rates and population health has
produced mixed findings. The relationship can be influenced by the kinds of health …

The growth in macro‐level income inequality in the United States is well established, but
less is known about patterns of inequality at subnational scales and how they vary between …

This article examines changes in concentrated poverty in the rural United States between
2000 and 2012. Using data from the decennial census and American Community Survey …

Capitalism appears to be endlessly in crisis but without ever loosening its hold on our lives.
New modes of racism and exclusion emerge, but the old ones never go away. We continue …

Racism in the Neoliberal Era explains how simple racial binaries like black/white are no
longer sufficient to explain the persistence of racism, capitalism, and elite white power. The …

Social workers who feel having a legitimate mandate to carry the social justice core value of
their profession must first grasp the depth and breadth of poverty. These workers must then …