Justice & Poverty

The increase in the number of women in Texas prisons is in large part due to substance abuse, poverty and...

Washington, D.C. is being sued for gentrification that is affecting low-income, black families through policies that “favor white millennial renters,”...

One of the highest populations of homeless individuals who are living without access to shelters is in the city of...

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

Read our Nonprofit Spotlight with Holy Family Day Home Executive Director Heather Morado on the organization’s efforts in minimizing the...

Support for immigrant families surged earlier this month when a couple started a fund on Facebook to help the Refugee...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bowing to pressure from anxious allies, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday ending the process...

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

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — An audio recording that appears to capture the heartbreaking voices of small Spanish-speaking children crying out...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a rising tide of outrage from Democrats and some Republicans over the forced separation of migrant...

WASHINGTON (AP) — About 2,000 children have been separated from their families at the border over a six-week period during...

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

CHICAGO (AP) — With frustration mounting over lawmakers' inaction on gun control, the American Medical Association on Tuesday pressed for...

CHICAGO (AP) — To solve Chicago's affordable housing crisis, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is calling on developers to think small. ...

BOSTON (AP) — A bipartisan coalition of U.S. mayors called Friday for policies to curb gun violence and pledged to...

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

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Samia Hassan used to have enough money to feed her two dozen children and...

A new report from the international nonprofit organization Save the Children states that more than 1.2 billion children around the...

CHESHIRE, Conn. (AP) — Demetriuse Geyer, who met his father while both were inmates inside a Connecticut prison, says he's...

Stephanie Karr, Executive Director of the Center Against Sexual & Family Violence discuss how the organization provides confidential assistance, educational...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island joined its neighbors on Friday in banning devices that enable semi-automatic weapons to mimic...

San Francisco is battling with an overflow of syringes on the streets and in homeless encampments, where they are used...

The new Zero Tolerance policy implemented under the Trump administration maintains that anyone who is crossing the U.S. border illegally...

In this collaboration with WHUT - Howard University Television, host Mark Oppenheim interviews nonprofit leaders from the Washington D.C. region...