The child poverty rate has decreased dramatically according to a new study
The study shows child poverty fell by 59% between 1993 and 2019
By Andrew Meriwether
The child poverty rate has decreased dramatically according to a new study
The study shows child poverty fell by 59% between 1993 and 2019
By Andrew Meriwether
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In a new report from the New York Times and non-partisan research group Child Trends, the number of children living in poverty in the U.S. dropped significantly from the early 1990s to just before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Reset speaks with one of the authors of the report, a reporter from the New York Times and researcher at Northwestern University on the findings and their implications.
GUESTS: Dana Thomson, senior research scientist at Child Trends
Jason DeParle, reporter for the New York Times
Christine Percheski, associate professor of sociology at Northwestern University