In the 1990s, Congress created HOPE VI, a program that demolished old public housing projects and replaced them with more ...

At the height of the recession in 2012, nearly one in four American children were living in poverty. Today, five years after America went through the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, ...

St. Louis is a poor city. Its school district serves a higher share of children living in poverty than 95% of communities nationwide. Decades of research has shown that growing up in poverty hurts ...

What do twenty pounds of bricks feel like? Would it be easier to carry them on your back or your head? At what age would a child be allowed to work in a brickyard? For second-grader Emily Salibian, ...

In many upstate cities like Syracuse, Binghamton, and Rochester, the number of children living in poverty is upwards of 40%.

Public health officials have issued an "urgent call" to tackle child poverty in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. The 2025 director of public health annual report said 27,000 babies, children and ...

In Bangladesh, programs targeting ultra-poor, rural households can help families escape extreme poverty. However, the ...

America’s children continued to be hardest hit by poverty in 2012, according to new Census Bureau statistics, the Washington Post reports. Suggested Reading Nicki Minaj’s MAGA Support Shouldn’t ...

Child poverty is set to remain at near record levels unless the government takes further action beyond the measures already ...

MPs voted 458-104 to abolish the cap, which marks a major moment in dismantling a policy depriving kids of heating and food, ...