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, ...

Born Poor (PBS/Frontline) is a documentary filmed across 14 years about three kids in the US as they grow into young adults ...

Children born into poverty are far more likely to remain poor in adulthood in the United States than in other wealthy countries. Why? The stickiness of poverty in the U.S. challenges the self-image of ...

The City of New York hit another milestone last week in its underlying ongoing crisis: poverty. This marker came in the form ...

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 ...

The new child poverty strategy promises the biggest fall in child poverty in decades. Will it also deliver better health for ...

But at his school’s final concert of the year, an uneasy feeling gnawed at me. Don’t get me wrong. The strings, brass and woodwinds in the orchestra were amazing. And the guitar ensemble — 15 students ...

Let’s face it: being the poor kid is not good. Being the poor kid surrounded by kids who live in an affluent neighborhood means you have to deal with living in a totally different reality than your ...

Adolescent well-being, particularly sexual and reproductive health, is increasingly under threat across Nigeria, with poverty and poor orientation identified as key factors influencing improper ...

South Africa has made steady progress in reducing poverty over the past 17 years, but the country’s children remain largely ...