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Marriage on its own won’t do away with child poverty, and in fact it can create even more instability for low-income families.

The imposition of fines and fees on people unable to pay has had a disproportionate impact on Black and Latino communities.

In today’s American criminal legal system, courts impose fines and fees as a means to punish people and hold them accountable for legal violations.But these fines and fees are often levied without any consideration for an individual’s ability to pay – and can add up to thousands of dollars. Given the potential consequences of legal debt on people unable to pay, including the loss of the right to vote and further criminal infractions, we conducted a multistate study on the impact of fines a...

Denise Morris depended on a pandemic-era expanded child tax credit to raise her kids in Memphis.

One in 4 American households are at risk of losing power because of the high cost of energy. Over 30% of those disconnections are in summer, when heat gets dangerous.

With newfound fame and fortune, NBA rookies who come from poverty face a bevy of challenges that threaten to derail their success.

Adults insured by Medicaid who are 19 to 55 years old and don’t have children or other dependents would need to spend 80 hours a month doing paid work, job training or community service.

An alternative approach to measuring poverty detected a decline in 2021, amid a surge in government support for low-income families.

It’s getting much harder in the US to find an affordable home, even for people who work multiple jobs.

It’s getting much harder in the US to find an affordable home, even for people who work multiple jobs.