Justice & Poverty

According to new research from the Peterson Institute for International Economics, the U.S. benefits from Latino immigration in many ways....

NEW YORK (AP) — The nine companies and organizations tasked with servicing the accounts of the nation's 30 million student...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Battling with one branch of government and opening a new confrontation with another, President Donald Trump announced...

George A. Jones, Chief Executive Officer of Bread for the City, discusses how community-based challenges impede in effectively serving low-income...

WASHINGTON (AP) — At some of the nation's largest universities, the vast majority of sexual assaults take place not in...

John D. Dingell was a Michigan Democrat who served in the US House of Representatives for 60 years. Prior...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Sheriffs in a dozen Washington counties say they won't enforce the state's sweeping new restrictions on...

Paula Thompson Felder, Executive Director of Voices for A Second Chance, discusses the organization's unique approach in helping incarcerated individuals...

Last year's shooting at a Florida high school sparked a movement among a younger generation angered by gun violence and...

President Donald Trump's call for a ban on late-term abortions is unlikely to prevail in Congress, but Republican legislators in...

More and more foster care children in Oregon are being moved out of state, and in the process are being...

Melissa M. Lopez, Executive Director of Diocesan Migrant & Refugee Services, discusses how often overlooked prejudices limit the abilities of...

According to a new report from The Intercept, databases of biometrics on inmates are being created by hundreds of prisons...

Read our Nonprofit Spotlight interview with Executive Director of Children Today Tonya Burns on how the organization provides support and...

Two Myanmarese journalists are garnering greater support after being sentenced for seven years in prison. ...

Alberto Mesta Jr., Branch Manager of Texas RioGrande Legal Aid El Paso, discusses the tremendous need for legal services for...

Last week, California U.S. Magistrate Robert Illman of Eureka ruled that state prisons have unfairly placed hundreds of inmates in...

ATLANTA (AP) — "Tommie Smith's gesture continues to resonate. It has inspired similar gestures by men and women for whom...

PHOENIX (AP) — A month after an incapacitated woman gave birth at a Phoenix long-term care facility, a state panel...

Linda Rivas, Executive Director of Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, discusses the importance of supporting all individuals, regardless of their...

Read our Nonprofit Spotlight interview with Mission Economic Development Agency CEO Luis Granados on how the organization works to keep...

NEW YORK (AP) — Long term, lawyers and activists battling to ensure that transgender people can serve openly in the...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Winter's sharpest bite in years moved past painful into life-threatening territory Tuesday, prompting officials throughout the...

Linda Velarde, Executive Director of Villa Maria, discusses how women who are homeless and without children can transition from crisis...