poverty

Democrats are moving ahead with short-term $3,000 child tax credit in the Covid relief bill, but some lawmakers want to see a permanent increase.

Job creation can help alleviate inequality, but inequality was a problem even when unemployment was low before Covid, said ANZ Bank’s Richard Yetsenga.

Period poverty. It’s when someone doesn’t have access to menstrual products — often because they simply can’t afford them. Scotland recently became the first country in the world to make period products free to every citizen who needs them. But here in the U.S., they are not even exempt from taxes placed on luxury goods in many states. NBCLX Storyteller...

Pediatricians are urging the British government to reverse course and provide free meals for poor children during school holidays as the COVID-19 pandemic pushes more families into poverty