For most of us, Columbia is such a great place to live and work, still small-town, with plenty of culture, innovation, and education. But beneath its heavily academic veneer lies a stark reality: the ...

One in six American children under 5 lives in poverty — a crisis that shapes health, education and opportunity. PBS’s "Born ...

This story was published with the support of the Caribbean Climate Justice Journalism Fellowship, which is a joint venture of Climate Tracker and Open Society Foundations. Extended periods of water ...

How will you address child hunger? What will you do to make health care more accessible for low-income families with children? In what way would you improve the child welfare system? These are just a ...

Having worked in the poverty services world for decades, there is basically nothing that surprises me. It seems there are many things about poverty that surprise others, though. Let’s consider just a ...

Innovative initiative equips students with tools to combat poverty through entrepreneurship and community engagement. The right kind of education is key to poverty eradication. This Educational ...

Five years after the Covid-19 pandemic shuttered schools, sent students into remote learning and changed the way parents view the role of education, lasting impacts remain. Over the next few weeks, ...

FPWA, formerly the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, is an anti-poverty organization in New York City that advocates for policies and initiatives that support New Yorkers living in poverty.