Justice & Poverty

NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (AP) — Abel Oset was seized with panic. After an 11-country odyssey that began when he and...

CHICAGO (AP) — The first sexual experience for 1 in 16 U.S. women was forced or coerced intercourse in their...

Are measures of poverty still accurate today? Some experts don’t believe so....

Victoria Bernhardt, Legal Counsel of the Board of Directors of the Central California Women's Conference, discusses the vital importance of...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A U.S. judge in California on Monday reinstated a nationwide halt on the Trump administration's plan...

20 short films created by currently incarcerated men and women for the exhibit "Hidden Lives Illuminated," on display through Sept....

Read our interview with Managing Director of the Marin Shakespeare Company Lesley Currier on the organization’s mission to educate and...

Gena Law Gong, President of the Board of Directors of the Central California Asian Pacific Women, discusses how one of...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — An exhibit highlighting the activists of the civil rights movement in Richmond is going on display...

MIAMI (AP) — Spared from the wrath of Hurricane Dorian, people in South Florida are donating water, food and household...

NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart has won praise from gun control advocates for its decision to discontinue sales of certain...

Brandie Carpenter, Member of the Board of Directors of the Central California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, discusses supporting the growth...

WASHINGTON (AP) — When shots rang out last year at a high school in Parkland, Florida, leaving 17 people dead,...

Paul Hildreth peered at a display of dozens of images from security cameras surveying his Atlanta school district and settled...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A detailed snapshot of the recent surge of asylum-seeking families crossing into the U.S. from Mexico...

Nicole Celaya, Community Food System Director of Foodlink for Tulare County, discusses bringing greater food security to families living in...

The family dance at the Willard-Cybulski Correctional Institution is part of a prison pilot program from the National Institute of...

BOSTON (AP) — The Trump administration has eliminated a protection that lets immigrants remain in the country and avoid deportation...

Now more than ever before, LGBT support groups and services are embracing the power of families, particularly parents, and their...

Tim Adam, Director of Programs & Operations of the Merced County Rescue Mission, discusses how case management policies allow the...

Amid the growing crisis of homelessness in Los Angeles, the city council is implementing a rule that prohibits people from...

Tariffs on popular products will be put on hold, according to Trump, until December, so that families won’t have to...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Planned Parenthood clinics in several states are charging new fees, tapping financial reserves, intensifying fundraising...

Jeremy Tobias, CEO of the Community Action Partnership of Kern, discusses the importance in listening to community members and citizens...