poverty

More than a third of Head Start locations in Texas aren't near any public transit, leaving many low-income Texas families struggling to get to needed child care services.

The city said it swept the camp near Interstate 45 in South Dallas sooner than expected to make way for the construction. Advocates called it a "violent" displacement.

The end of pandemic-era food assistance came at a steep cost for many North Texans.

Local and national civil rights groups say the Dallas ban on standing on road medians criminalizes poverty.

It's possible more people will start applying for teacher positions again when the wider labor market calms down, but thousands of experienced teachers have already left the classroom. They won’t be easy to replace.

With a state legislative session looming, the Texas Women’s Foundation has identified nearly two dozen policy changes that can help make the lives of women and girls better.

Access to high-quality, affordable child care is becoming scarcer, according to new data from Children at Risk, a nonprofit dedicated to research into child poverty and inequity in Texas.

Immigrants, people living in poverty and non-English speakers were among the most likely to be missed, yet the crucial count received lackluster promotion by Texas state government.

In one month, the child poverty rate increased from 12.1 to 17 percent, the highest rate seen since Dec. 2020. Black and Latino children experienced an even higher rate of poverty.

The nonprofit FreeWorld is the winner of the annual Pegasus Prize, a $50,000 social innovation grant.

The banking industry took in more than $15 billion in overdraft fees in 2019, and just small number of account holders paid the vast majority of those fees.

Stimulus payments moved 11.7 million people from poverty in 2020, according to new Census Bureau data.