Hundreds were arrested last week outside the Senate Hart building near Capitol Hill in nonviolent direct action to demand voting rights, an end to the filibuster, and economic rights for all.

An ad hoc committee will analyze the evidence on key determinants of entrenched poverty and the effectiveness of programs designed to address those determinants to identify policies and programs with ...

New poverty data reveals that anti-poverty programs are working, but also offers a troubling glimpse of what's ahead. The 2024 U.S. Census Supplemental Poverty Measure shows that the Earned Income Tax ...

We also have Senate and Assembly leaders ready to invest in proven policy solutions to lift children out of poverty and into opportunity. Advertisement Article continues below this ad The question at ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Aisha Nyandoro is a leading voice on equitable economic policies. A recent AP-NORC poll reveals a pervasive misunderstanding about ...

While the economy was a key topic of discussion for the two presidential candidates when they met on the debate stage for the first time on Tuesday, the duel ended without explicit consideration of ...

Vice President Harris has yet to propose solutions to address poverty in America. If we fill in the blanks based on her past policy support and legislative proposals, we find a champion for ideas that ...

Poverty in New York City increased from 18% in 2021 to 23% in 2022, according to a newly released report by Robin Hood and Columbia University’s Center on Poverty and Social Policy. The sixth Poverty ...

Americans are often so focused on individual aspects of substance use, addiction, and recovery that we overlook ways that public policies could harness social and environmental initiatives to reduce ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Starmer delays flagship child poverty policy leaving tens of thousands on the brink Labour has delayed a flagship plan designed to ...