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J.B. Wogan

Staff Writer

J.B. Wogan -- Staff Writer. J.B. covers public programs aimed at addressing poverty and writes the monthly human services newsletter. He has also written for PolitiFact, The Seattle Times and Seattle magazine. He is the co-author of Peak Performance: How Denver's Peak Academy is saving millions of dollars, boosting morale and just maybe changing the world. (And how you can too!)

In 2010, the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association named him "News Writer of the Year" for his work at The Sammamish Review, a community weekly east of Seattle. J.B. is a graduate of Pomona College and has a master's in public policy from Johns Hopkins University. 

Many low-income families struggle to survive without school lunch programs. Giving them extra welfare money in the summer can help.
Convictions in animal cruelty cases are rare but could become more common if Connecticut adopts an unprecedented law.
Sharing economy companies like Uber and Lyft claim that the people who work for them are “independent contractors,” thus ineligible for most employee benefits. That argument may prove difficult to sustain.
The earned income tax credit is a rare antipoverty program that has enjoyed a long history of bipartisan support among state and federal policymakers.
To tackle the problem of vacant properties, Memphis is acknowledging that it needs help.
The Hoosier State is the latest to use behavioral science or "nudge" experiments to improve outcomes in human services programs.
St. Paul, Minn., wants its urban areas to welcome everyone -- whether they're 8 or 80 years old.
The city has made real progress in its battle against homicide, but a recent rise in crime puts it all into question.
The latest task force report isn't the first to suggest major reforms to the Chicago Police Department, but it might be the first to result in real change.
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is spreading its latest grants across 19 communities to support an outdoor office, a carpentry-based workforce program and more.