poverty

Some states allow children to be removed from their parents if they fail to pay the cost of foster care. But that can be hundreds of dollars a month, and it's often the poorest families who must pay.

California lawmakers and activists are pressing Gov. Gavin Newsom to spend more to help the state’s poorest residents.

Independent researchers found that the first year of a universal basic income experiment in Stockton, Calif., measurably improved recipients' job prospects, financial stability and overall well-being.

When COVID-19 hit Oregon, the shelter-in-place mandate seemed out of reach for people experiencing homelessness. Although COVID cases are rising, temporary services to homeless campers along Jackson County’s Bear Creek Greenway have been discontinued.

Life is tough enough for any teenager, with childhood dissolving away and adulthood not yet formed. It's that much harder for a teenager emerging from the…

The hollowing-out of the American heartland has happened all over the country, not just in the middle. Case in point: rural Oregon. That's where Nicholas…

Camping in public spaces is already illegal within the city of Redding. The city’s mayor wants to further restrict people from sleeping in the streets by…

It's not just that many children grow up in poverty in America; it's also that they tend to grow up in close quarters to one another. The Annie E. Casey…

J.D. Vance made quite a splash with his book Hillbilly Elegy. The book about hard times in Appalachia and environs, and how the people living those hard…

In America, everybody has the same opportunity, we like to think. Our history tells another story, one of permanent underclasses whose members have little…

Home prices are getting so high, it's becoming harder for people to afford buying their first homes. So the state of Oregon is stepping in with its…

People who don't have much money can have their lives turned upside-down by a health crisis. California's Whole Person Care program identifies people who…