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

Today, the United States marks its 41st day of a federal government shutdown that has seen federal employees unpaid, air travel disrupted and millions of poor Americans losing food assistance. To be ...

Roughly 150,000 Kansas City area people who depend on SNAP benefits to eat now are relying on help from volunteers and donors and pantries.

Punishing children for the failures or absences of adults is a moral sickness that should remain unacceptable.

Atlanta activist and Love Beyond Walls founder Dr. Terrence Lester is turning an empty fridge into a powerful symbol, using ...

When Channel One mails you a donation request this month, open it and send the food bank what you might spend on a typical ...

I've attended many Christian churches and read enough Bible verses to know that helping to feed the hungry is something you should do. It's a duty of mercy, even if the hungry ones don't look like you ...

I did all that could be considered 'pulling myself up by the bootstraps.' No matter how hard I worked, it felt like ...

DeKalb Central School District deserves praise for its participation in the SUN Meals to Go program, providing crucial weekly meals to children. However, the program’s first day this summer revealed a ...

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — At 14 months, Adut Duor should be walking. Instead, his spine juts through his skin and his legs dangle like sticks from his mother’s lap in a South Sudan hospital. At half ...