Here in Arkansas, it sometimes appears that we have escaped the worst of the recession. Arkansas’s unemployment rate of 7.5 percent remains well below the national average. Why then do one in four Arkansas children have insufficient food — among the highest rates in the nation?

The fact is, in the United States today, about two-thirds of all mothers of school-age children are working outside the home. Compare that to 1967, when only slightly more than one-quarter of moms were in the workforce.

We also argue that policies that help low-income families save provide resources that serve as a buffer against financial shocks and build pathways to economic security over the long-run. Assets are part of a preventative maintenance strategy against poverty and an investment in a strong economy.

Representantes del gobierno federal y de organizaciones de servicios comunitarios exigieron hoy en un foro medidas para aliviar la creciente pobreza que afecta a los 16 millones de latinos menores de 18 años.

Latinos are keeping up with their part of the social contract—but it’s still hard to keep head above water, concludes a new study on the economic well-being of Hispanic kids.

El gobierno estadounidense sigue comprometido con una reforma migratoria integral a pesar del reciente fracaso en el Congreso de una iniciativa favorable a los estudiantes indocumentados, declaró el martes Cecilia Muñoz, alta funcionaria de la Casa Blanca.

The Obama administration will keep immigration reform as a “top priority” and is looking for bipartisan support to re-introduce the DREAM Act in Congress, a White House official said Tuesday.

Representantes del gobierno federal y de organizaciones de servicios comunitarios exigieron hoy en un foro medidas para aliviar la creciente pobreza que afecta a los 16 millones de latinos menores de 18 años.

El mes pasado la Oficina del Censo publicó los datos sobre la pobreza en el 2009, que revelaron que más de uno de cada cinco niños en Estados Unidos vivió en la pobreza el año pasado.

The Half in Ten campaign has developed a new interactive tool that will help advocates, elected officials, and policymakers get a clearer picture of how increasing poverty rates are affecting constituents.