The U.S. has one of the highest child poverty rates among wealthy nations. Here’s a look at some struggles kids living in poverty face. Kaylie, pictured in the 2012 documentary “Poor Kids” and the ...

WASHINGTON — The temporary expansions of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC) as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 reduced child poverty in the United States ...

Researchers at Boston Medical Center, working with colleagues at University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School and Harvard ...

The child poverty rate has hit a five-year high in America as families continue to deal with high prices for groceries and housing. That rate surged from 12.4 percent in 2022 to 13.7 percent in 2023, ...

The number of Americans living in poverty has gone up, even as incomes rose last year, the U.S. Census Bureau announced Tuesday. Measuring poverty can be tricky − but the main number social scientists ...

The United States is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, yet over 10 percent of people – nearly 40 million – live in poverty. It's... The Roots of Poverty in America The United States is one ...

The classic promise of the American dream is that no matter where you grew up, no matter how poor you were as a kid, you can ...