At the height of the recession in 2012, nearly one in four American children were living in poverty. Today, five years after America went through the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, ...

A long-term study from the Asian Development Bank shows that childhood poverty affects adult lives not only through low ...

In spite of America's claim to be a place where all people are free and equal, the amount of economic mobility that people can achieve is relatively small. According to a recent article in The ...

Children born into poor families are more likely to exhibit aggressive, impulsive behaviors throughout childhood, according ...

Children born into poor families are more likely to exhibit aggressive, impulsive behaviors throughout childhood, according to a new study from the University of Georgia. Previous research connects ...

A charity has said the two-child benefit cap is "punishing" poorer children, as new figures on child poverty rates in the UK were revealed. Research by Loughborough University suggested 31% of ...

Let’s face it: being the poor kid is not good. Being the poor kid surrounded by kids who live in an affluent neighborhood means you have to deal with living in a totally different reality than your ...

More than a decade ago, the Emmy-nominated documentary Poor Kids explored poverty in the United States as it’s rarely seen: through the eyes of children. Born Poor tells the stories of the same ...

Sept. 8 (UPI) --Nearly 6 million children and young people in Latin America will fall into poverty by 2030 because of climate change's impact on their communities, a recent report predicts. However, ...

It was tough to learn that the new Trump crew had cut, immediately, some $90 million in federal grant funding for North Carolina public school teacher hiring, support, compensation and training ...

Georgia parents too poor to look after their children are being charged exorbitant foster care fees by the state in violation of federal law, according to a lawsuit filed by a civil rights nonprofit ...

Premieres Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+ More than a decade ago, in the Emmy-nominated documentary "Poor Kids," the acclaimed PBS series FRONTLINE explored poverty in ...