One in 10 parents in poverty say their child has been bullied for being poor
The Censuswide survey carried out for the charity Parentkind at the end of last year found one in 10 parents in poverty said ...
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Poverty, unaffordability rise in NYC. A report says spiking housing and other costs are to blame.
A new report finds poverty is on the rise in New York City due to rising living costs and the shortage of affordable housing. One in four New Yorkers — over 2 million people — lived in poverty ...
Extra 50,000 children could be pushed into poverty over welfare changes, says government assessment
Labour MPs have begun voicing their disquiet after the government's own impact assessment was published - with one accusing the chancellor of making "cruel" choices.
Opinion
Sen. May: Expand Working Families Tax Credit to lift Syracuse kids out of poverty (Your Letters)
Expanding child tax credit would cut child poverty rate in half statewide and have an enormous impact on the Syracuse community, writes 48th District state senator.
Opinion
Social Security helped slash elderly poverty to 9.2 percent in the 20th century – that triumph is now in jeopardy
(THE CONVERSATION) In 1959, more than a third of all elderly Americans lived in poverty. Slashing that number to under 10 percent by the late 1990s was among the great U.S. triumphs of the 20th ...