One in six American children under 5 lives in poverty — a crisis that shapes health, education and opportunity. PBS’s "Born ...

Even if the Trump administration funded the food assistance program immediately, experts tell PBS News that many of the 42 ...

Premieres Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+ More than a decade ago, in the Emmy-nominated documentary "Poor Kids," the acclaimed PBS series FRONTLINE explored poverty in ...

In past shutdowns, estimates of lost economic activity have reached into the billions of dollars. In the context of a $30 trillion economy, that’s not a lot. But on the margins, economists say it can ...

Thousands of South Sudanese refugees and impoverished locals in Uganda saw a brighter future with a new USAID-funded project.