Thousands more in poverty, say campaigners ahead of two-child limit anniversary
Organisations working in the sector argue that 109 children across the UK are pulled into poverty by the policy every day.
Contributor: The dangerous myth that poverty is the cause of child abuse
The most common conditions of maltreatment include parental drug and alcohol abuse, severe mental illness, domestic violence ...
Controversial two-child benefit cap ‘plunges extra 30,000 children into poverty since Labour came to power’
Eight anniversary of the welfare limit, brought in by former Tory chancellor George Osborne as one of his austerity measures, ...
Use evidence, not conspiracy theories, to make America’s kids healthy
The MAHA Commission should partner with child health experts in the American Academy of Pediatrics to promote policies that ...
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In Rural America, the Silence of Poverty is Deafening
The silence of poverty is deafening. For the 15 million children living in poverty, playtime and early learning activities like reading, singing, arts & crafts and dress-up are not necessarily a way ...
Trump, Musk and the GOP may not hate struggling American families but they are hurting them | Opinion
Columnist Issac J. Bailey writes that the Trump administration and the Department of Government Efficiency are making life ...
A Star Is Born In ‘Flophouse America’: Captivating Mikal Navigates Poverty And His Parents’ Drinking In CPH:DOX World Premiere
Who spilled vodka on the cat?” are words that, to my knowledge, have never been spoken in a movie before. Until now. They are ...
‘Flophouse America’ Review: A Profoundly Realistic Portrait of a Preteen Living in Abject Poverty
Norwegian filmmaker Monica Strømdahl’s debut documentary shows a side of America about which many remain unaware.
Federal Judge Orders Legal Funds for Solo Migrant Children to Be Restored
The order for the funds’ temporary restoration came after nonprofit groups challenged the government’s decision to cut ...
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Social Security helped slash elderly poverty to 9.2 percent in the 20th century – that triumph is now in jeopardy
Ninety percent of children born in 1940 made more than their parents ... A commitment to retirees Whether Americans will tolerate more poverty among retirees is a political question. And I believe ...
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Commentary: Increasing the Empire Child Tax Credit is a good first step to fighting child poverty
And there is no question that the policy fights at the federal level about the role of the American ... poverty and support the middle class through a major overhaul of the state’s Empire Child ...
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A Star Is Born In ‘Flophouse America’: Captivating Mikal Navigates Poverty And His Parents’ Drinking In CPH:DOX World Premiere
They are uttered by 12-year-old Mikal in the documentary Flophouse America, which just made its ... Strømdahl tells Deadline. “I saw a child — in Norway, we call it løvetann barn, like ...