Poverty

Number of Families in Extreme Poverty Has Increased More Than 100% Since 1996

Black Children Hardest Hit by Growing Inequality Since Recession

FCC Orders Lower Prison Phone Rates

Alabama Governor’s Refusal to Expand Medicaid Will Cost State Billions of Dollars

Lowndes County at Bottom in Statewide Health Rankings

Lowndes County Storm Victims Receive New Homes

FCC Proposes Lowering Exorbitant Phone Rates for Calls from Prisoners

Studies Show Lead Linked to Violent Crime Trends

Residents of Alabama Black Belt Counties Struggle to Obtain Disaster Relief

Alabama Judge Bars Local Authorities from Jailing Poor People Who Are Unable to Pay Fines

Poor Alabama Residents Fighting For Sewage and Wastewater Management

Alabama Black Belt Residents Allege Discriminatory Placement of a Toxic Landfill

New Florida Law Requiring Drug Tests Before the Needy Receive Help Challenged by Navy Veteran

Alabama Ranks 48th Among the 50 States In Quality of Life for Children

Alabama Rural Poverty and the Basic Human Right to Water and Sanitation is Subject of United Nations Inquiry

Record Numbers of Americans Are Living in Poverty