In 2023, 410 people were murdered^[1] in Philadelphia – more than a quarter^[2] of them under age 25. In addition to the people who died, countless others lost loved ones and people they relied on.

As a social scientist^[3] who studies different forms of violence and how they affect a person’s health, I know that the violence young people in Philadelphia experience is about more than shootings, homicides and physical...

If you needed long-term care, could you afford it?

For many Americans, especially those with a middle-class income and little savings, the answer to that question is absolutely not.

Nursing homes charge somewhere around US$100,000 a year^[1], while frequent visits from a paid caregiver may set you back more than $5,000 a month^[2]. With long-term care so expensive for growing numbers of older Americans, and the federal government...