Justice & Poverty

The Office of Refugee Resettlement recently found that more than 700 children have been taken away from their parents in...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California is doing a poor job of sheltering the nation's largest homeless population and needs to...

Social benefit programs such as Medicaid and CHIP have been found to be most helpful to young children, as the...

Isis Portillo, Executive Director of Latinitas El Paso, discusses the range of programs that are aimed at promoting freedom of...

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. (AP) — The conservative backlash against California's so-called sanctuary law has taken the form of lawsuits and...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Just steps from City Hall's main door, a homeless woman sprawls on a cardboard box spread...

Nebraska lawmakers passed a bill that would help support human trafficking survivors as they recover from their pasts. ...

Roman Ortiz, CEO of Project ARRIBA, discusses the vital model implemented by the organization which helps individuals succeed in their...

Poverty which used to be more visible in major metropolitan areas is beginning to disperse, spreading to the suburbs where...

The educational platform Edovo which focuses on providing resources for America’s incarcerated population has raised $9 million to expand its...

With the school year fast approaching, many college students may be forced to discontinue their studies due to increasing education...

Theresa Eclov, Executive Director of Faith in Action for Cass County, discusses the role of volunteers and the community in...

Read our interview with Common Good City Farm’s Executive Director Samantha Wetzel on the organization’s mission in providing nourishing vegetables...

Violence in private prisons across the U.S. has not had enough coverage in the media, yet a report from the...

The Justice Department is requiring judges in the U.S. to complete a certain number of deportation cases every year in...

Hanna Klemm, Farm Manager of the Bemidji Community Food Shelf, discusses the success and impact of the farm project on...

ATLANTA (AP) — Tyrone Brooks was 22 years old and 400 miles away, seeking clues to an unsolved lynching as...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fifty years after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., only 1 in 10 African Americans think...

BALTIMORE (AP) — Imani Holt was just 10 when she saw a neighbor get fatally shot by a triggerman riding...

Hanna Klemm, Farm Manager of the Bemidji Community Food Shelf, discusses the success and impact of the farm project on...

Read our exclusive interview with Catherine Meek, Executive Director of School on Wheels, on the organization’s mission to simultaneously help...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Internet gear maker Cisco Systems Inc. announced Monday that it will donate $50 million over five...

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Warring sides in Yemen and their international backers must stop blocking or delaying aid deliveries, a...

Mary Mitchell, Executive Director of the Bemidji Community Food Shelf, discusses the significant moment in history that inspired the creation...