Alabama raises more per student than the national average based on GDP, earning a C grade for effort, yet high-poverty ...

In the U.S., by contrast, a few hundred dollars a month for a relatively short period of time, typical of guaranteed-income pilots, rarely matches the steep costs of housing, child care, and health ...

Nearly half of South Dakota children under the age of 5 are not on the right track to start school and find early success in the classroom, a rate that puts the state near the bottom in school ...

About 6 million people will lose SNAP food assistance if BBCE is eliminated — more than 4 million of them, including 1.8 ...

But access to treatment could be in jeopardy if potential budget cuts, announced in January 2026 by the Florida Department of Health, are enacted. These changes, set to go into effect on March 1, ...

Dallas lost over half of its rental units priced under $1,000 over a period of two years, leaving a gap between what many renters can afford and ...

New Hampshire lawmakers debate proposals to restrict SNAP recipients' ability to buy certain unhealthy foods, sparking concerns about surveillance and public health.

We have evolved slightly since the days of lords and serfs, when one class enjoyed wealth, and the other struggled.

Expanding girls’ education, strengthening legal enforcement and engaging communities could significantly reduce the harmful practice.

Iowa’s child care assistance system is too stingy in who it covers and structurally broken in how it’s accessed. Free government-funded childcare beyond public school has long been dismissed as an ...

Social Security benefits play a vital role in reducing poverty in every state, and they lift more people above the poverty line than any other program in the United States. Without Social Security, 23 ...