At age 3, children from wealthier families who lived in high-poverty neighborhoods were about as likely to act out as their peers born into poor families. The study relied on data from portions of ...

plus $1,200 for those mothers when their child is born. The report found 26 percent of children in New York City, or 420,000 children, live in poverty. The most sweeping proposal would give ...

To finally bring an end to the devastating toll we all bear due to the ongoing childhood poverty crisis, a groundbreaking initiative in Connecticut offers a blueprint for transformative change.

But, Modiji, born in a poor tea-seller's family, transformed his poverty into compassion for the needy people," opined the senior BJP leader. "When that poor child took over the reins of the state ...

Winfrey was born into a poor family in Mississippi, but this didn't stop her from winning a scholarship to Tennessee State University and becoming the first African American TV correspondent in ...

Advocates in Baltimore are renewing efforts to support infants born into poverty by proposing a new initiative called the "Baltimore Baby Fund." Nat ...

Weak human capital also limits options for escaping poverty. A child born in Madagascar just before the pandemic is projected to be 39% as productive as they could be with complete education and good ...

RESULTS We find persistent differences in poverty rates between immigrant generations. First-generation non-citizens and second-generation children with two foreign-born parents have consistently ...