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Child Poverty
September 13, 2024
Grace Segers
The Nagging, Unnecessary Persistence of Child Poverty
Fresh data from the Census Bureau has shone a stark light on the number of Americans, among them millions of children, who must endure what’s proven to be a fixable hardship.
April 3, 2024
Grace Segers
The States That Are Stepping Up to Take On Child Poverty
This tax season is a big test for a slew of newly created child tax credits in places like Minnesota and Oregon.
January 17, 2024
Grace Segers
What’s in the New Child Tax Credit Proposal?
The expansions on offer in the new bipartisan tax deal are more modest than the Covid-era changes, but advocates say the changes to the credit will reduce child poverty.
September 13, 2023
Grace Segers
The Child Poverty Crisis Spurs Another Push for the Child Tax Credit
Census data showed a dramatic increase in child poverty from 2021 to 2022, due in part to the expiration of the expanded credit.
April 12, 2023
Grace Segers
A GOP Governor Proposed a Child Tax Credit. Democrats Helped Sink It.
A proposal from Montana’s Greg Gianforte has stalled amid a bipartisan scrap with something of a flipped script.
August 11, 2022
Cassandra Robertson
,
Tara McGuinness
,
Monée Fields-White
Raising Young Kids in America Has Become Hell, and the Government Should Finally Acknowledge That
The federal government is pretty good at handling the unique problems of seniors. Why don't we do the same for parents and kids?
January 31, 2022
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Grace Segers
The Children Joe Manchin Left Behind
Why did the West Virginia senator kill the biggest expansion of the social safety net since LBJ’s Great Society?
February 5, 2021
Bryce Covert
It’s a Joke to Let Mitt Romney Set the Horizon on Child Poverty
The Utah senator’s plan for a basic income for families is an improvement on what’s out there. It’s also an incredibly narrow vision of what the government can do for the most vulnerable.
October 11, 2016
Clio Chang
Hillary Clinton is getting ready to govern.
March 21, 2016
Clio Chang
Why Democrats Must Embrace A Universal Child Allowance
A new study shows that such a policy could cut child poverty in half.
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