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.

This tax season is a big test for a slew of newly created child tax credits in places like Minnesota and Oregon.

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.

Census data showed a dramatic increase in child poverty from 2021 to 2022, due in part to the expiration of the expanded credit.

A proposal from Montana’s Greg Gianforte has stalled amid a bipartisan scrap with something of a flipped script.

The federal government is pretty good at handling the unique problems of seniors. Why don't we do the same for parents and kids?

Why did the West Virginia senator kill the biggest expansion of the social safety net since LBJ’s Great Society?

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.