The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), aka food stamps, keeps food in the pantries of 42 million Americans. But that number may soon shrink if House Agriculture Committee Chairman ...
Program aims to end the cycle of poverty by educating parents, children. March 21, 2009— -- As the nation roils with fear of poverty and political debates over socialization and the free market, ...
Being poor is expensive. You don’t need to be told that, especially if you’re always living paycheck to paycheck and are struggling to get by; you’ve noticed. Still, when you’re just trying to get ...
In a freshman sociology class at Ball State University, the groundwork for a life’s mission was being laid. David Sever was sitting in the class during his first year of college. His professor was ...
A new study by graduate students at the University of Wisconsin reveals a surprising truth about contraceptives: Apparently, if they're made cheap and accessible, they can go a long way toward ...
From student to staff member, Maria Bustamante returned to Immokalee's Guadalupe Center as staff after the tutoring program ...
Efforts to address child poverty — with good reason — typically focus on the more immediate needs for children and families: the availability of basic assistance, of child care and preschool, of ...
Otibehia Allen's days in the Mississippi Delta start and end with her five children—three boys and two girls. She feeds them. Clothes them. Their well-being rests on her shoulders. She does it all on ...
Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Cyclists toured the rural roads and covered bridges of Northern Berks County, all in an effort to ...
Education experts have lauded the government's Budget 2026 proposal to offer free tertiary education loans to low-income ...
Jowan Smith has her teenage son to thank for her "a-ha" moment. A few years ago, the single mother noticed Trayvon watching a YouTube video to learn how to tie a tie. "I'm thinking to myself, I know ...