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 ...

We put on a brave face, but the reality is our cost of living is out of control and the middle class is disappearing.

What do twenty pounds of bricks feel like? Would it be easier to carry them on your back or your head? At what age would a child be allowed to work in a brickyard? For second-grader Emily Salibian, ...

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 still have a path to financial stability in the United States as long as ...

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 ...

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A disturbing statistic revealing the dismal state of health in America is that more than 40 percent of the population is obese (defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as having a ...

There’s an invisible emergency in America: children toil in slaughterhouses, factories, and fields—night and day, unseen, unprotected, and endangered. A ...

Reverend Dr. William Barber II speaks to marchers during the Mass Poor People's & Low-Wage Workers' Assembly on June 29, 2024 in Washington, DC. Credit - Jemal Countess/Getty Images But the reality of ...

Michael and Susan Dell are donating $6.25 billion to American children via the accounts, but the details matter. By Claire Cain Miller and Jonah Smith The $6.25 billion philanthropic gift announced by ...