SEN. PETE CAMPOS We all know that children living in poverty are less likely do well in school. We also know that a good education is a ticket out of poverty. It is a vicious cycle and one that can be ...

For one San Diego woman, it’s losing the government benefits that helped feed her family because she got a $1 an hour raise. For another, it’s feeling like you’re not quite drowning, but always ...

March 12 is Equal Pay Day. For every dollar that a man earned last year, a woman had to work until today – over two extra months – to make that same dollar. This persistent gender pay gap has been ...

Dereje Wordofa, President of SOS Children’s Villages International visited Nepal earlier this month. He also met with Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal to discuss children’s rights. Excerpts from an ...

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Last year, Catholic Charities of the Coastal Bend launched a transformative program aimed at reducing poverty and breaking down barriers in the community. Circles of the ...

In early 2020, my daughter approached me about fostering two brothers she met through her work with Peace4Kids, a nonprofit organization dedicated to building a sense of community for youth in foster ...

An "MHP" guest writes that while poverty creates great challenges for families, providing them them the resources to become upwardly mobile is key. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...

When Laurie Hartner visited a women’s prison in Haiti to distribute toiletries and share words of hope, she felt distant from the women. Many of their faces were weary and wary. But when Hartner and ...

Co-Founder and CTO of Prospera Technologies, leading the company’s vision to transform the way food is grown using data science and AI. Since November 2020, India's farmers have staged some of the ...

Over 5 million children in the United States live in what the federal government designates as “persistent poverty” counties. That designation means a county has had high poverty rates (20 percent or ...