Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 9 million children — about 13% — are living in poverty in the U.S., according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Based ...

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, ...

Official figures going back to 2018 are set to take billions in under-reported benefits income into account.

Louisiana’s child poverty rate over the past three years leads the nation, according to a new study that attributes the trend to rising costs and expiring public assistance programs. The state also ...

The child poverty rate in California nearly tripled from 2021 to 2024 — 7.5% to 18.6% — and is now the fourth highest in the country, according to new KIDS COUNT data from the Annie E. Casey ...

An estimated 417 million children in low- and middle-income countries are living in extreme poverty. Millions of children in high-income countries are also suffering. And more children are at risk of ...

The day begins early for Ilonka Garcia and Shayna Ross. It involves readying children for school or child care and preparing themselves for work. "I get up at 5 in the morning, try to get my day set," ...

Britain is set for another dodgy data scandal. In last Friday’s Reality Check newsletter I picked up on reporting from ...

This guest essay reflects the views of Louise Skolnik, professor emeritus of social work at Adelphi University and former Nassau County director of human services and deputy commissioner of the county ...

Without major and sustained intervention by the Nova Scotia government the number of children living in poverty will remain in the tens of thousands, according to a new report.

More than 9 million children — about 13% — are living in poverty in the U.S., according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Based on a report analyzing that data, published by the Annie E. Casey ...