Immigration

As Asylum Seekers Arrive, NYC’s Homeless Student Population Soars

Michael Elsen-Rooney / Chalkbeat Nov 3, 2023 Roughly 1 in 9 NYC students live in shelters or otherwise lack permanent housing according to data compiled by Advocates for Children. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Economic Justice

US Puts Millions of Children Back in Poverty

Mark Kreidler / Capital & Main Oct 24, 2023 As spending cuts take priority, the progress made by pandemic relief programs to tackle childhood poverty is eroding. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Politics

Desperate Measures

Noah Berlatsky / Alternet Dec 21, 2022 While Republicans claim to speak for rural America, their policies d keep rural people and their children in desperate circumstances. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

America Is Rigged Against the Poor Even Before Birth

Raj Menon / TomDispatch Feb 4, 2020 Poverty among children in a wealthy country like the United States should summon shame and outrage. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Dear Bill Clinton: The End of Welfare Isn’t the End of Poor People

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Aug 22, 2016 Isn't it great how we solved the welfare problem? That's the one thing that former President Clinton, Congress and even the media agree on. Isn't it great how we solved the welfare problem? That's the one thing that former President Clinton, Congress and even the media agree on. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

How Bill Clinton Waged a War on Welfare Mothers Instead of a War on Poverty

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Aug 22, 2016 To hear Clinton tell it, his presidency won the war on poverty three decades after Lyndon B. Johnson launched it, having changed only the name. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Middle Class, Too, Is Keeping Poor Kids Back, U.K. Study Finds

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jul 28, 2015 A report by the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission in the United Kingdom found that wealthier parents hoard the best opportunities for their own children, ensuring that smarter kids who are financially disadvantaged stay put in the socioeconomic hierarchy. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

There Are Twice as Many Billionaires Now Than Before the Financial Crisis

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Oct 30, 2014 UNICEF reports that child poverty has increased in over 20 countries since the global recession, while a new Oxfam study shows that billionaires have increased their combined wealth by over 120 percent. How can we continue to ignore this appalling inequality? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Dr. Kathryn Edin (Video)

BLANK Mar 31, 2014 Over decades of studying the lives of America's poor, the Johns Hopkins sociologist has combined analytic rigor and compassion for others to defy popular prejudice and discover the hidden causes of mass behavior.Over decades of studying the lives of America's poor, the Johns Hopkins sociologist has combined analytic rigor and compassion for others to discover the hidden causes of mass behavior. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Britain Produces Generations of Impoverished Children

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 27, 2013 Britain risks "sleepwalking into a world where inequality becomes so entrenched that our children grow up in a state of social apartheid," a leading charity is expected to show in a report set to be published next week. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Remember the Children

Robert Reich / Truthdig Dec 18, 2012 America’s children seem to be shortchanged on almost every issue we face as a society. Not only are we failing to protect them from deranged people wielding semiautomatic guns, but we’re also not protecting them from poverty. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Cliff Notes on the Three Real Perils Ahead

Robert Reich / Truthdig Dec 7, 2012 If we had a functional government America would address three “cliffs” posing far larger dangers to us than the fiscal one. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )