Pat Fontana / PrismDec 26, 2024
Schools nationwide use unpaid lunch debt to block teens from attending their graduation ceremonies and threaten to send them to foster care. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Michael Elsen-Rooney / ChalkbeatNov 3, 2023
Roughly 1 in 9 NYC students live in shelters or otherwise lack permanent housing according to data compiled by Advocates for Children. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Mark Kreidler / Capital & MainOct 24, 2023
As spending cuts take priority, the progress made by pandemic relief programs to tackle childhood poverty is eroding. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Noah Berlatsky / AlternetDec 21, 2022
While Republicans claim to speak for rural America, their policies d keep rural people and their children in desperate circumstances. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Raj Menon / TomDispatchFeb 4, 2020
Poverty among children in a wealthy country like the United States should summon shame and outrage. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigAug 22, 2016
Isn't it great how we solved the welfare problem? That's the one thing that former President Clinton, Congress and even the media agree on. Isn't it great how we solved the welfare problem? That's the one thing that former President Clinton, Congress and even the media agree on. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigAug 22, 2016
To hear Clinton tell it, his presidency won the war on poverty three decades after Lyndon B. Johnson launched it, having changed only the name. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigJul 28, 2015
A report by the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission in the United Kingdom found that wealthier parents hoard the best opportunities for their own children, ensuring that smarter kids who are financially disadvantaged stay put in the socioeconomic hierarchy. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigOct 30, 2014
UNICEF reports that child poverty has increased in over 20 countries since the global recession, while a new Oxfam study shows that billionaires have increased their combined wealth by over 120 percent. How can we continue to ignore this appalling inequality? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
BLANKMar 31, 2014
Over decades of studying the lives of America's poor, the Johns Hopkins sociologist has combined analytic rigor and compassion for others to defy popular prejudice and discover the hidden causes of mass behavior.Over decades of studying the lives of America's poor, the Johns Hopkins sociologist has combined analytic rigor and compassion for others to discover the hidden causes of mass behavior. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigAug 27, 2013
Britain risks "sleepwalking into a world where inequality becomes so entrenched that our children grow up in a state of social apartheid," a leading charity is expected to show in a report set to be published next week. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Robert Reich / TruthdigDec 18, 2012
America’s children seem to be shortchanged on almost every issue we face as a society. Not only are we failing to protect them from deranged people wielding semiautomatic guns, but we’re also not protecting them from poverty. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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