Media

The list below provides examples of my research featured in media outlets and public debates.

• New America: "Federal spending during the pandemic changed lives. What happens now that it’s gone?" (March 2024)

• The New York Review of Books: "Tools to End the Poverty Pandemic" (Jan. 2024)

• Harvard Crimson: "Zach Parolin Talks Poverty Measurement in the 2024 Census at Harvard School of Public Health Talk" (Nov. 2023)

• The New York Times's Jason DeParle moderates the U.S. book launch of Poverty in the Pandemic (Sept. 2023)

• The Economist's Idrees Kahloon moderates the international book launch of Poverty in the Pandemic (Sept. 2023)

• The Hill: "How Congress could have prevented the upcoming spike in child poverty rates" (Sept. 2023)

• The New York Times: "The Expanded Child Tax Credit Is Gone. The Battle Over It Remains." (Nov 25, 2022)

• NPR: "Men in unions may make $1.3 million more in lifetime than men not in one, study says" (Oct 22, 2022)

• The New York Times: "States With Abortion Bans Are Among Least Supportive for Mothers and Children" (July 28, 2022)

• Washington Post: "Child poverty spiked by 41 percent in January after Biden benefit program expired, study finds" (Feb 17, 2022)

• NPR: "The expanded child tax credit briefly slashed child poverty. Here's what else it did" (Jan 27, 2022)

• Washinton Post: "Fewer groceries, more debt: Families brace for first month without child tax payments" (Jan 14, 2022)

• The Economist: "America is substantially reducing poverty among children" (Sept 24, 2021)

• The Atlantic: "Child-Care Workers Might Not Come Back" (Aug 28, 2021)

• Vox: "The big drop in American poverty during the pandemic, explained" (Aug 21, 2021)

• The New York Times: "Crisis Spurs Congress Toward Big Measures to Lift Families From Poverty" (Feb 8, 2021)

• The New York Times: "Disadvantaged Students More Likely to Be Learning Remotely, Study Finds" (Dec 24, 2020)

• The New York Times: "When parents lose their jobs, children suffer. But sometimes there’s a consolation." (Nov 1, 2020)

• U.S. Presidential Debate: Debate question referencing finding of 8 million more Americans in poverty [52:53]. (Oct 22, 2020)

• NPR: "Poverty Levels In Minority Communities On The Rise" (Oct 16, 2020)

• NBC News: "8 million Americans slipped into poverty amid coronavirus pandemic, new study says" (Oct 16, 2020)

• The New York Times: "8 Million Have Slipped Into Poverty Since May as Federal Aid Has Dried Up" (Oct 15, 2020)

• Los Angeles Times: "Coronavirus relief briefly saved millions from poverty, but they’re slipping back down" (Oct 15, 2020)

• Washington Post: "Debt, eviction and hunger: Millions fall back into crisis as stimulus and safety nets vanish" (Aug 23, 2020)

• The New York Times: "Why Hunger Can Grow Even When Poverty Doesn’t" (July 28, 2020)

• Washington Post: "Coronavirus recession could plunge tens of millions into poverty, new report warns" (Apr 20, 2020)

• The New York Times: "A Gloomy Prediction on How Much Poverty Could Rise." (Apr 16, 2020)

• The New York Times: "Millions of Americans Have Moved Off Assistance. Does Trump Get Credit?" (Feb 20, 2020)

• The Atlantic: "Welfare Money Is Paying for a Lot of Things Besides Welfare" (June 23, 2019)

• Vox: "The surprising truth about extreme poverty" (June 13, 2019)