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Child Poverty

Child poverty is a policy decision, one that costs the United States an estimated $1.1 trillion a year. First Focus on Children leads the U.S. Child Poverty Action Group, a coalition of organizations working to get federal lawmakers to set — and then to achieve — a national child poverty reduction target.

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Sep 24, 2012 Child Poverty

Big Idea: Stop Taxing the Poor

In recent years, Southwestern states have adopted the historically Southern trend of increasing taxes on low-income families – a...

Sep 19, 2012 Child Poverty

A Close Call in Alabama

Earlier this year, when the Alabama State Legislature asked the Commissioner of Human Resources to detail the consequences of...

Sep 11, 2012 Child Abuse & Neglect

Kids at the Conventions

Upon completion of both parties’ national conventions, the Federal News Service analyzed transcripts of language choices made by speakers...