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 ...
One in five American children live in poverty, even as pundits tout employment highs. EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important articles like ...
The downstream effects of state and national policies on children over the last year keep emerging. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps) funding has been cut by ...
The study of 153,000 Australian children published today in Pediatrics reports that overall, 9.6 per cent of children were developmentally high risk. In particular, infants born following planned ...
On Thursday, state Rep. Jack McFarland had a one-word response to Landry administration officials who said they couldn’t fund a summer food program for poor children. “Hogwash!” McFarland told his ...
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The number of children who do not attend school is rising, child marriage has not dropped in decades and millions of young children will die mostly preventable ...
Charles Loring Brace revolutionized America’s understanding and treatment of poor children—and he did it all for Christ. In October 1849, a young seminary student in New York City rowed across the ...