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Utah’s rate of childhood poverty has improved — except in these school districts: The childhood poverty rate in Utah decreased by 0.3% between 2021 and 2022 ...
sltrib.com/news/2024/04/24/utahs-rate-childhood-poverty-has/
Equal Pay Day: Why is there still a gender pay gap in 2024?: Not even education can close the pay gap that persists between women and men ...
apnews.com/article/equal-pay-day-gender-wage-gap-pay-gap-women-889af690259722284241539984855758
Gov. Healey says state seeking $20M grant for child care, job training in Western Mass.
bostonherald.com/2024/04/17/gov-healey-says-state-seeking-20m-grant-for-child-care-job-training-in-western-mass/
Do mixed-race people really enjoy the ‘best of both worlds’?: The reality is more complex than some would suggest
ft.com/content/563bd9fd-e05f-4e38-9334-897e2e325f7d
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US population likely to shrink by 2100: Census data: The U.S. population is expected to peak in 2080 and shrink by the end of the century ...
thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/4302005-us-population-likely-to-shrink-by-2100-census-data/
The poverty rate soared for families headed by single mothers last year: The rate for single-father households increased as well — but by a much smaller amount.
axios.com/2023/11/09/the-poverty-rate-soared-for-families-headed-by-single-mothers-last-year
Why some children don’t participate in extracurriculars and how to close the access gap
miamiherald.com/news/business/article281484128.html
The poverty rate in the U.S. increased last year, the first increase in 13 years, according to the Census Bureau. The expiration of pandemic programs ... Show more trib.al/quLRRqm
Quick Glance: Biden's Safety Net Collapses: Alarming Rise in Poverty Rates
- President Joe Biden's efforts to combat poverty are spiraling out of control.
- The child poverty rate has more than doubled to 12.4 percent.
- The shrinking Covid safety net will significantly increase the poverty rate compared to 2021.
- Despite low unemployment and wage growth, voters remain skeptical of the president's economic record.
Mackenzie Genecov: Reducing child care options will devastate Utah’s households and its economy
sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2023/10/19/mackenzie-genecov-reducing-child/
How Congress could have prevented the upcoming spike in child poverty rates : In 2021, federal policy action helped to cut child poverty in half and achieve the ...
thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/4195008-how-congress-could-have-prevented-the-upcoming-spike-in-child-poverty-rates/
How the end of expanded child tax credits led to a spike in child poverty: The U.S. child poverty rate doubled after being at an all-time low the prior year ...
theweek.com/politics/how-the-end-of-expanded-child-tax-credits-led-to-a-spike-in-child-poverty
What's Behind the Spike in Child Poverty in the U.S.: According to new figures from the U.S. Census Bureau, 12.4% of children were living in poverty in 2022.
time.com/6313242/child-poverty-rate-2022-census/
Guest: Poverty is a foe that can undermine children’s growth, lifelong well-being
oklahoman.com/story/opinion/2023/09/22/oklahoma-lawmakers-should-focus-on-kids-struggling-with-poverty/70904166007/
Long Island poverty rate lower than the country's and median income higher, census data shows
newsday.com/long-island/us-census-poverty-rate-long-island-jooi6l6p
For Grandparents Day, here’s a look at 18% of the U.S. living in multigenerational households
ocregister.com/2023/09/09/for-grandparents-day-heres-a-look-at-18-of-the-u-s-living-in-multigenerational-households/
20 people, including children, suffer heat-related injuries at Savannah park: At least 20 people suffered heat-related injuries at a community event hosted by ...
savannahnow.com/story/news/local/2023/08/01/twenty-people-suffer-heat-related-injuries-at-lake-mayer-park-savannah-ga/70505456007/
US population grows older, pushing median age to 39, new Census Bureau data shows
cnn.com/2023/05/25/health/us-population-median-age-39/
Quick Glance: US population aging: Median age reaches 39
- Baby boomers and millennials continue to age while smaller cohorts of children are born, according to 2020 Census data.
- The median age of the US population rose during the period from 2000 to 2020.
- The population of adults 65 and older grew nearly five times faster than the total US population in the past century, according to the Census data.
- Sound planning is required to protect public health and meet the growing needs of the older population in community settings due to the demographic shift.
1 in 4 children in the US are of Hispanic, Latino descent: Census Bureau: Just over a quarter of all children in the U.S. are of Hispanic or Latino decent ...
thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/4032809-1-in-4-children-in-the-us-are-of-hispanic-latino-descent-census-bureau/
The median age in the U.S. reaches a record high, approaching 40 years old: The median age in the U.S. reached a record high last year, rising to 38 ...
axios.com/2023/06/22/median-age-america-population-older
More Houston families are facing major financial instability: Report: An increasing share of households in the Houston area can't afford basics: 14 percent live ...
houstonchronicle.com/politics/houston/article/houston-families-financial-instability-report-18165183.php
Biden has big ideas for fixing child care. For now a small workaround will have to do
npr.org/2023/03/17/1162869162/child-care-chips-semiconductors-manufacturing-raimondo-subsidies
Ohio’s population of children shrinks, again: 168,000 fewer children live in Ohio than just 12 years ago, and they make up a smaller share of the overall ...
cleveland.com/data/2023/04/ohios-population-of-children-shrinks-again.html
Children stitch “Made in America” tags into shirts for J. Crew. They bake dinner rolls sold at Walmart and Target, process milk used in Ben & Jerry’s ice ... Show more
Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S.: Arriving in record numbers, they’re ending up in dangerous jobs that violate child labor ...
nytimes.com/2023/02/25/us/unaccompanied-migrant-child-workers-exploitation.html
Chip makers must provide childcare plan for access to federal funds: The move is a way for the administration to make progress on expanding child care access.
axios.com/2023/02/27/childcare-chips-act
Barbara Everitt Bryant, first woman to oversee census, dies at 96: Appointed to run the agency just before the 1990 census, she sought to modernize the bureau ...
washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/03/07/barbara-everitt-bryant-census-dead/
To Tap Federal Funds, Chip Makers Will Need to Provide Child Care: The move seeks to help more women join the work force as industry leaders complain of labor ...
nytimes.com/2023/02/27/us/politics/child-care-chip-makers-biden.html
Here's our Annual Meeting update on 9 consumer names in the Club portfolio: Here's an update on 9 consumer-focused stocks in our Charitable Trust ...
cnbc.com/2023/02/27/heres-our-annual-meeting-update-on-9-consumer-names-in-the-portfolio.html
Paid articlePaid Companies enhance benefits to help employees balance their work and caregiving demands
cnbc.com/2023/03/09/employers-enhance-benefits-to-help-keep-caregiver-employees-on-the-job.html
1st female director of U.S. Census Bureau dies at 96 in Ann Arbor: As a professional, she rose to the top of her field. As a mother, her family hardly 'missed a ...
detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/03/05/1st-female-director-of-u-s-census-bureau-dies-at-96-in-ann-arbor/69974274007/
Our School’s “Holiday” Tradition Feels Wrong to Me on So Many Levels: Teacher advice on holiday fairs, literature choices, and introverts.
slate.com/human-interest/2022/12/wrong-school-have-holiday-fair-kids-purchase.html
Husband Disappointed by Spouse's Lack of Career Slammed: 'Not a Top Job': Some 10 million mothers in the U.S. living with their school-age kids were not actively ...
newsweek.com/working-mother-career-husband-disapproving-mumsnet-1777035
Latino and Black poverty rates in Colorado are near historic lows, but economic stability remains elusive
denverpost.com/2023/02/16/chasing-progress-colorado-child-poverty-rates/
Who spends the most time (and money) on pets?: Which Americans spend the most on their pets? The data reveal a massive racial gap and a mysterious development ...
washingtonpost.com/business/2022/12/30/american-pet-spending/
Parents use nanny sharing, co-parenting, YMCA amid childcare shortage: Finding affordable childcare is an uphill battle in the US. Here's how parents are getting ...
businessinsider.com/how-working-moms-afford-childcare-nanny-sharing-co-parenting-ymca-2023-1
Paid articlePaid It takes a village to raise children. Millennial moms say 'there is no village.': "There is no village." Millennial mothers are taking to TikTok to share their ...
businessinsider.com/millennial-moms-tiktok-parenting-trends-it-takes-village-raise-children-2023-1
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Andrew Cherlin: Marriage Has Become a Trophy: A wedding is no longer the first step into adulthood that it once was, but, often, the last.
theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/03/incredible-everlasting-institution-marriage/555320/
Which Ohio cities have the highest child and overall poverty rates? - new census estimates
cleveland.com/data/2022/12/which-ohio-cities-have-the-highest-child-and-overall-poverty-rates-new-census-estimates.html
More Texas parents turn to home schooling after the pandemic: Some new home-schoolers disagree with how race and sex are taught at schools ...
texastribune.org/2022/11/21/texas-home-schooling-pandemic/
The 15 Counties Where Child Poverty Is Highest: More than 12 million children nationwide lived in poverty in the U.S. in recent years, according to Census Bureau ...
usnews.com/news/health-news/slideshows/counties-with-the-highest-child-poverty-rates
How Seattle families differ from those in other big cities: Census data shows Seattle has fewer families than most cities, but a really high percentage of ...
seattletimes.com/seattle-news/data/how-seattles-families-differ-from-those-in-other-big-cities/
Families Still Struggle to Find Baby Formula Nearly One Year After Shortages Began
wsj.com/articles/families-still-struggle-to-find-baby-formula-nearly-one-year-after-shortages-began-11666004401
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Republican Says Lobster Regulators ‘Want to Rape You and Your Family’: “Don’t negotiate with a rapist,” the candidate said, referring, again ...
vice.com/en/article/7k873x/main-lobster-regulators-gop
Pandemic Aid Cut U.S. Poverty to New Low in 2021, Census Bureau Reports: A measure that accounts for all federal subsidies also showed a reduction of almost half ...
nytimes.com/2022/09/13/business/economy/income-poverty-census-bureau.html
Child poverty hit record low in U.S. in 2021, Census data show
theweek.com/health-and-wellness/1016647/child-poverty-hit-record-low-in-us-in-2021-census-data-show
The child poverty rate fell by nearly half in 2021 as enhanced child tax credit sent billions of dollars to families
cnn.com/2022/09/13/politics/2021-census-child-poverty-tax-credit/
Child poverty fell by 46 percent in 2021 amid tax credit expansion: Child poverty in the United States fell by 46 percent in 2021, a record low achieved largely ...
thehill.com/policy/finance/3641094-child-poverty-fell-by-46-percent-in-2021-amid-tax-credit-expansion/
Census: Inequality last year grew, but child poverty dropped: Income inequality in the U.S. increased last year for the first time in more than a decade ...
apnews.com/article/health-covid-poverty-census-2020-us-bureau-7bfc9168cfb8acbbb16430fe77fafb3f
The child poverty rate fell by nearly half in 2021 as enhanced child tax credit sent billions of dollars to families
cnn.com/2022/09/13/politics/2021-census-child-poverty-tax-credit/
Opinion | Data Reveals Poverty Is a Political Choice: New data from the U.S. Census Bureau reveals that there were a whopping 45 million fewer Americans in ...
commondreams.org/views/2022/09/21/data-reveals-poverty-political-choice
Opinion | After Expanded Child Tax Credit Slashed Poverty, Letting It Lapse Was Enormous Mistake
commondreams.org/views/2022/09/23/after-expanded-child-tax-credit-slashed-poverty-letting-it-lapse-was-enormous
U.S. Child Poverty Rate Hit Record Low in 2021 Thanks to Pandemic-Era Policies, Census Bureau Says
thedailybeast.com/us-child-poverty-rate-hit-record-low-in-2021-thanks-to-pandemic-era-policies-census-bureau-says
Historic Drop in Child Poverty at Risk Due to Manchin's Tanking of Key Tax Credit
commondreams.org/news/2022/09/13/historic-drop-child-poverty-risk-due-manchins-tanking-key-tax-credit
Key U.S. poverty measure hit record low in 2021 largely due to federal aid: A key measure of how many Americans lived in poverty in 2021 fell to a record low ...
reuters.com/world/us/key-us-poverty-rate-fell-record-low-2021-census-bureau-says-2022-09-13/
US child poverty rate fell by half in 2021, census data shows: The fall from 9.7% in 2020 to 5.2% in 2021 was largely due to enhanced child tax credits provided ...
theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/14/us-child-poverty-rate-tax-credit-census
The full picture of poverty in America: It's time to expect our policymakers to do more for the most vulnerable by making permanent the expanded Child Tax Credit ...
seattletimes.com/opinion/the-full-picture-of-poverty-in-america/
How the U.S. slashed child poverty — and why that good news may be fleeting: Need has receded 'on nearly every front,' but experts say there is still cause for ...
theweek.com/economy/1016655/how-the-us-slashed-child-poverty-and-why-that-good-news-may-be-fleeting
Poverty rate dips in Cleveland but remains among the nation’s highest - 2021 census estimates
cleveland.com/data/2022/09/poverty-rate-dips-in-cleveland-but-remains-among-the-nations-highest-2021-census-estimates.html
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A Father, a Daughter, and the Attempt to Change the Census: Charles Bethea on Stephanie Hofeller, whose estrangement from her late father, Thomas Hofeller ...
newyorker.com/news/news-desk/a-father-a-daughter-and-the-attempt-to-change-the-census
P-EBT, free school lunch programs helped combat Alabama child hunger during COVID. Now they’re ending.
al.com/education/2022/09/p-ebt-free-school-lunch-programs-helped-combat-alabama-child-hunger-during-covid-now-theyre-ending.html
Paid articlePaid The most-regretted baby names, and more!: Find out which children's names are most changed and adopted, states with the fewest childless couples and to which ...
washingtonpost.com/business/2022/08/12/baby-names-childless-couples-moving/
Oklahoma’s Ban on Nonbinary Birth Certificates Isn’t Just Cruel. It’s Ahistorical.
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/05/oklahoma-ban-nonbinary-birth-certificate/629778/
Big cities are where the jobs are — but millennials aren’t moving: 80 percent of young adults still live within 100 miles of where they spent their teenage years ...
vox.com/future-perfect/2022/7/27/23279166/young-adults-moving-sprung-keyser-hendren-porter-census
Buzz Lightyear Costumes to Take You to Infinity and Beyond: To infinity… and beyond! These Buzz Lightyear costumes are sure to be an out-of-this-world hit for ...
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