Maryland Gov. Wes Moore presented legislation he's championing to address child poverty to state lawmakers on Wednesday, laying out a locally focused plan to attack the root causes of concentrated ...

Matthew Desmond is a Princeton University professor and the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, a Pulitzer Prize, a PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award, and a National Book Critics Circle award. His ...

Why does child abuse happen? A new public service announcement says most people think it’s a “bad parent problem,” but the ad suggests “the root causes may be different than you think.” This message ...

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More surprising is a cause that Karelis omits: The propensity of the poor to produce illegitimate children. Karelis acknowledges that “having children early and out of wedlock is … doubtless a big ...

The ribbon cutting for the grand opening of the Salvation Army's Center of Hope took place on Wednesday. The center serves as ...

Recently, Phillip Morris ("The logic behind Cleveland's murderous madness," Forum, Oct. 4) asked "What's gone wrong with Cleveland?" I'm a retired pediatrician and have been diving into the medical ...

Maui Economic Opportunity has been gathering community’s input on the “causes that could lead to poverty” in Maui County and encourages more submissions before the survey’s deadline June 25. So far ...

News yesterday that the poverty rate has risen to 13.2%, its highest point in over a decade, was naturally met with consternation from pundits who speculated that the trends have deeper roots than the ...