The Census Bureau reports that the poverty rate has held steady and the number of Americans without health insurance dropped. But median income also fell and income inequality rose.
The city’s teenaged dads can make a huge difference in the lives of their kids. Yet they are forced to navigate Family Court with little guidance, and must deal with…
Chapter two of our Family Court investigation focuses on the courtrooms that handle custody and child support, where many people try to navigate complex legal lingo without a lawyer, and…
A new report finds black families are seven times more likely than whites to end up in the shelter system. For a minority group that’s faced official and informal housing…
Watch a video interview with Neil deMause, author of our July issue looking at the complex stories behind alarming statistics on poverty in New York City and the United States.
There are reports that some parents are having trouble getting child welfare services because a botched contract award and budget threats last year led providers to scale back.
The number of low-income New Yorkers is a matter of statistics. Answering deeper questions about poverty demands drilling down deep into the lives of individual people, a few of whose…
The president’s neighborhood-based anti-poverty initiatives will soon move into a second stage. But in an era of budget-cutting, Promise Neighborhoods and Choice Neighborhoods face a steep political challenge.
Beverly Davis has a full-time job, a family she supports and a college course to complete. She has plans to become a police officer. Public benefits are essential to her…
Dominique Strauss-Kahn is off Rikers Island. Most of the inmates he left behind haven’t been convicted of anything. They’re awaiting trial. And most are waiting behind bars because they can’t…