Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sign at a "The Rent is Too Damn High” rally at the Michigan Capitol Building on September 5, 2023. | Anna Liz Nichols People who ...
“Joining the Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty reflects GAIN’s commitment to collective action. In the current ...
Last summer PBS talk-show host Tavis Smiley and author Cornel West embarked on an 18-city poverty tour to highlight the hardship of poor people. Despite a record number of Americans — one in two — ...
Competitions to spur scientific and technology developments have grown in popularity in recent years, but social causes have yet to get so much attention until now. The Robin Hood Foundation and the X ...
Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield plans to reshuffle city departments focused on health and human services and has tapped Luke Shaefer, a well-known Michigan poverty and social policy scholar, to take the ...
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Historically, the child welfare system has prioritized disruptive and stressful interventions as the best solution for families in crisis. Turning a ship as massive as our current system won’t happen ...
As Congress debates major tax reforms, a proven anti-poverty tool hangs in the balance: the child tax credit. This credit reduces a family’s tax bill by up to $2,000 per child, but its current ...
After the main speaking portion of Wednesday morning’s childhood poverty forum, United Way of Wyoming Valley President and CEO Bill Jones reminded the audience that 33 percent of children under age 5 ...