Billionaire Elon Musk, left accompanied by U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and Musk's son, X Musk, speaks during an executive order signing in the Oval Office at the White House on Feb. 11, 2025 ...

One in five American children live in poverty, even as pundits tout employment highs. EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important articles like ...

Joe Biden told a group of mostly Asian and Hispanic voters Wednesday that “poor kids are just as bright” as white children. The former vice president, who is known for verbal gaffes, made the remarks ...

Federal aid to feed poor children at school could be joining the long list of funding at risk if California officials don’t abide by Trump administration policies and edicts. California receives more ...

“These kids are trapped in failing public schools. It’s time to set these families free.” — Gov. Doug Ducey, June 2022, while signing into law the bill that expanded Arizona’s school voucher program ...

Single, low-income moms are not signing up for child support, and this is a very good thing. Less formal child support means more and improved co-parenting, higher rates of father involvement, better ...

On Thursday, state Rep. Jack McFarland had a one-word response to Landry administration officials who said they couldn’t fund a summer food program for poor children. “Hogwash!” McFarland told his ...

The study of 153,000 Australian children published today in Pediatrics reports that overall, 9.6 per cent of children were developmentally high risk. In particular, infants born following planned ...