Sister Norma Pimentel of Catholic Charities says the tear-stained faces of immigrant children launched her work at the U.S. Border. She puts their humanity first.

Psychologist Monica Romo of the Texas Institute for Child and Family Wellbeing explains how to identify trauma in--and create safety for—immigrant children.

Children at risk for abuse and neglect benefit more from family support than foster care placement, says Monarch Family Services founder Dr. Valerie Jackson.

COVID’S remote learning protocol eroded progress in math and reading. Grady Wilburn of the National Center for Education Statistics unpacked the data.

Alan Dettlaff thinks poverty and racism have destroyed too many Black and brown families in the child welfare system. The University of Houston Professor wants to abolish it.

What journalists should know covering U.S. learning loss. Ash Dhammani of Georgetown’s Edunomics Lab how to use the first-ever spending database for public schools.

Veteran journalist Sonya Ross made history at the AP and pioneered coverage of race. As managing editor for Inside Climate News, history’s repeating itself.

Ageism doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Experts from the Trust for America’s Health and the Urban Institute discuss how the intersectionality of race, sex, ability and wealth also matter.

Center for Workforce Inclusion CEO Gary Officer, economist Julia Pollak of ZipRecruiter and journalist Peter Gosselin unpack challenges for older workers.

Post Roe v. Wade, journalists must think critically while reporting on abortion access, marginalized communities and user data privacy.

Focusing on audience needs drives solutions and great stories, says Outlier Media correspondent and Detroit Free Press reporter Miriam Marini.

Accuracy and fairness elevate reporting on marginalized communities, says MLK50 Editor and Publisher Wendi C. Thomas

While TikTok videos about epigenetics and trauma rack up millions of likes, the science continues to evolve.

Census officials share new techniques and strategies that yield more accurate measures of race and ethnicity.

At the University of Chicago Crime Lab, researchers explore ways to keep at-risk kids out of crime – and partner with schools to put theory into practice.

U.S. is an outlier in how many women it imprisons. Many are abuse survivors languishing in a criminal justice system built for men.

Tips for reporters covering the coronavirus vaccine for children — and how it will impact families, schools and more.

You can measure inequality and its pain with detailed data on poverty.

Community development financial institution experts say CDFIs can help alleviate rural poverty and racial inequities where previous pandemic relief failed. How journalists can track COVID-19 federal funding in their communities.

With the rapid surge of the Delta variant, schools are implementing COVID-19 vaccine mandates for teachers and students in an attempt to slow the spread. What new obstacles are teachers, students and families facing?

Law professor Dorothy Brown, author of “The Whiteness of Wealth,” details how racial inequities permeate the tax code and how journalists can work around data gaps.

Jobs are coming back faster than child care — and that’s left 2 million women still at home. Expert says lack of affordable care costs America $57 billion each year. But who should get federal assistance: providers, families, businesses or states?

Barriers to credit, lack of accumulated wealth and family caregiving were factors in the devastation of minority-owned businesses during the pandemic. Black women and entrepreneurs fared worst. What will it take to reopen?

Women’s lost jobs and reduced hours during the pandemic could cost the U.S. economy $64.5 billion and slice $12.2 billion off U.S. tax revenues. Will the Biden stimulus be enough to reopen child care centers and reemploy them?

The USDA funds programs that get food into schools and low-income homes. Tom Vilsack, back for his second stint in the job, aims to get more eligible people onto the USDA food assistance rolls. Poor nutrition is as much a problem as hunger, he tells journalists.

The average American student could end the year five months behind in math. Learning loss has hurt poor kids and students of color most of all. Experts say universal broadband and other strategies could help them catch up.

Paid sick days and paid leave can help families weather a crisis or pandemic, but workers in much of the country don’t get them. Will the new Congress change that?

Income inequality in the U.S. outstrips that of other nations, and the gap keeps widening. Now 70% of U.S. wealth is created in 30% of its counties. What happens to those left behind?

The randomized controlled trial is a mainstay of medical research, but Banerjee was the first to apply it to the study of poverty reduction. His lessons from around the world about what works.

With low-paid workers and bare-bones budgets, child care centers have survived on the edge for years. Now, as parents pull their children amid COVID, the industry faces a reckoning.

A “revolution” in research is uncovering the connections between poverty, racism and hunger in children and long-term behavior and health outcomes.

Leading public health experts Sir Michael Marmot and Dr. Otis Brawley detail the connection between poverty and poor health. Life expectancy for some Americans is dropping.

Since COVID hit, researchers have pivoted to document how isolation, financial shocks and increased stress have affected children and their families.

726,000 Americans have lost their health insurance. Pediatricians visits are down. Moms tell doctors they cannot buy food for today.

The United States has the richest society in human history. It also has crushing poverty. Rev. William J. Barber II is working to end that alarming disconnect.

Matthew Desmond, a MacArthur “Genius” grantee and Pulitzer winner, joins three others to give tips on how reporters can cover evictions in America.

The U.S. needs an estimated $11.5 billion to house an aging population.

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