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Dallas advisory group looks to add environmental justice measures to racial equity plan
By Leah Waters On March 7, 2023 Community group wants city to measure neighborhoods’ distance from environmental pollution to fresh food, tree canopy coverage and solar power accessibility Dallas’ environmental…
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Child poverty task force members split on Hochul’s budget
By Raga Justin On April 3, 2023, updated on April 4, 2023 An advisory council has two different analyses of how effectively Gov. Hochul’s budget will begin reducing child poverty…
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Annual Kids Count report reveals lows for Texas children in well-being categories
By Raquel TorresOn March 24, 2023 An annual report on the status of Texas children and youth revealed that Texas now ranks 45th in overall child well-being and 20% of…
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Energy poverty in America: a never-ending emergency
By Mark Wolfe On March 25, 2023 When bills are tight, families live in fear because they have to decide between paying rent on time, buying food, or paying their…
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Biden revives hopes for this poverty-fighting tax break
By Gabriella Cruz-Martinez On March 18, 2023 Bringing back the enhanced Child Tax Credit was included in the president’s budget this month. The last year has been a difficult one…
Read More‘Poverty, By America’ shows how the rest of us benefit by keeping others poor
By Jennifer Ludden On March 17, 2023 After Matthew Desmond won the Pulitzer for Evicted, about families struggling to stay housed, the Princeton sociologist realized he still didn’t understand why the U.S. has…
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Both parties agreed to protect anti-poverty programs — time to support ‘Baby Bonds’
By Gary Cunningham On March 16, 2023 As officials in Washington gear up for partisan warfare over President Biden’s recent budget proposal, a remarkable bipartisan agreement has persisted. Both sides are pledging to protect…
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Why poverty rates are likely to rise this year
By Emily Peck On February 28, 2023 One of the last remaining major COVID relief programs — the expansion of SNAP benefits, aka food stamps — ends this month, pushing about…
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Wages Are Rising for Low-Skill Workers, Driving Down Poverty and Inequality
By Elizabeth Nolan Brown On March 10, 2023 Income inequality and poverty are falling, thanks to rising wages for workers in low-skill jobs. A lot of low-wage work is, in…
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