10 Poorest States in the US in 2023. Today we look at the top 10 states with the highest poverty rates in America for 2023. These states, often referred to as the "poorest states," face unique ...

Education researchers warn budget proposals from the White House and House Republicans would impose steep cuts on some of the nation's most vulnerable students and disadvantaged school communities.

The end of pandemic-era economic policies has led to a surge in child poverty nationwide, according to a new report. The ...

Gifted programs could be shutting out millions of high-performing Black and Latino children from low-income families. Can ...

In response to the U.S. Census Bureau’s release of new data on poverty and incomes in 2024, Rebecca Riddell, Oxfam America’s Economic Justice Senior Policy Lead, said: “Today’s Census data affirms the ...

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The “harsh realities” of poverty in St. Louis, according to a Legal Services of Eastern Missouri report, are visible during events including the annual Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis MLK Food ...

More than a decade ago, the Emmy-nominated documentary Poor Kids portrayed poverty in America as it’s rarely seen: through the eyes of children. Now, those kids — Brittany, Johnny and Kaylie — are all ...

More and more of society’s basic functions have come to depend on the accumulation of private wealth, while instilling fear that a good life is otherwise impossible. (iStock/HABesen) One way of ...

Imagine a society in which almost 1 in 4 African-Americans are in poverty; for white people, the number is less than 1 in 10 (Proctor et al., 12). Imagine that society in which not only black children ...