Poor kids in the US are likely to become poor adults. More government support during adulthood could change that.

From the moment they are born, millions of children are routinely denied the rights and privileges granted to their white peers – from education ... a violent crime – perpetuating the cycle of poverty ...

Black Americans are much more likely than white Americans to experience childhood poverty, but the white children who do grow up poor are just as likely to be poor in adulthood. We were also ...

The analysis by the Economic Policy Institute showed in 2023, Black, Hispanic, American Indian and Alaska Native children were three times more likely than their white peers to live in poverty. In ...

A new report examining the “State of New York’s Children” finds more than 18 percent of kids lived in poverty in 2023. The report by the Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy finds child ...