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A sign sits on a sidewalk outside the Interfaith Food Pantry at Emmanuel Baptist Church in February in Albany, N.Y. Congress may be under more pressure than usual to cut safety net spending — health care, housing assistance, welfare and food aid — to

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Politics & Government

Anti-Poverty Advocates Brace For How Trump Will Fill In Policy Blanks

1:05pm November 16, 2016

by Pam Fessler

Many who work with the nation's poor worry that poverty will be forgotten under a Trump administration and Republican-controlled Congress.

Having a safety net can make us less motivated to achieve our primary goals ... like, for example, preventing our boats from sinking.

Science

The Best-Laid Backup Plans ...

12:03am November 10, 2015

by NPR Staff

This week on Hidden Brain, researcher Katy Milkman explains why backup plans may make us less motivated, Dan Pink is back to discuss moral hazard, and NPR's Adam Cole ties it all together with a song.

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