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Last summer PBS talk-show host Tavis Smiley and author Cornel West embarked on an 18-city poverty tour to highlight the hardship of poor people. Despite a record number of Americans — one in two — ...

Detroit’s new human services leaders Luke Shaefer and Benita Miller talk about how they’ll fight poverty and homelessness ...

Joe Thomas is The Daily Signal’s Virginia correspondent. He is a 37-year broadcasting veteran with 17 years covering Virginia from the marches to the memorials and everything in between. Ever since ...

Historically, the child welfare system has prioritized disruptive and stressful interventions as the best solution for families in crisis. Turning a ship as massive as our current system won’t happen ...

Sisters Rising Worldwide (SRW) has launched the public PeaceRoom, a groundbreaking platform connecting donors directly with community-level projects led by Catholic Sisters worldwide. The launch comes ...

As Congress debates major tax reforms, a proven anti-poverty tool hangs in the balance: the child tax credit. This credit reduces a family’s tax bill by up to $2,000 per child, but its current ...

Competitions to spur scientific and technology developments have grown in popularity in recent years, but social causes have yet to get so much attention until now. The Robin Hood Foundation and the X ...

Documentary filmmakers Matt Moyer and Amy Toensing discuss the underlying causes of the opioid epidemic at the Poverty Solutions Series Saturday afternoon. Keith Allen-Melong/Daily. Buy this photo.