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How Trump’s ‘One, Big, Beautiful’ Tax Bill Could Impact Programs for Women, Kids

Amanda Becker

Millions of Immigrant Families Would Be Shut Out Under New Child Tax Credit Proposal

Marissa Martinez

What the Looming Child Tax Credit Expiration Means for Your Family

Rebecca Gale & Dianne Kirsch

New Food Security Threats 5 Years After COVID-Era Effort to Feed All Kids

Jo Napolitano

9 Education Storylines to Watch as Trump Returns to the White House

Linda Jacobson

Low-Income Mothers in Minnesota Lost Tax Refunds to Tutoring Companies Using Overseas Instructors

Max Nesterak

Finally, This Election Season, Child Hunger is on the Table

Billy Shore

Long a Stranger to the Spotlight, Child Tax Credit Earns Embrace of Both Parties

Kevin Mahnken

New Report: How Supercharging the Child Tax Credit Benefited Young Children, and What Comes Next

Mark Swartz

Child Tax Credit Failure Reaffirms Young People’s Pessimism About Government

Conor P. Williams

Final Push to Save Expanded Child Tax Credit as Senate Hopes Dim

Linda Jacobson

Bipartisan Deal to Expand Child Tax Credit Advances in Congress

Ashley Murray

America’s Child Poverty Rate Doubled in 2022. Now States Are Rushing to Step In

Anna Claire Vollers

To End Child Poverty, We Need to Seed Generational Wealth

Stephanie J. Hull

When Kids Go Hungry: Studies Show Gains vs. Hunger Lost With End of Tax Credit

David Dewitt

‘Like a Gut Punch’: Advocates Reel as Manchin Compromise Abandons Pre-K

Linda Jacobson

Congress Takes Another Run at a Child Care Solution

Elliot Haspel

The Child Tax Credit Expansion Was a Huge Success. Then It Ended.

Bryce Covert

Citing New Brain Research, Senators Push for Expanding Child Tax Credit

Linda Jacobson

Monthly Payments Are a ‘Shot in the Arm’ for Families, But Some Call for Results

Linda Jacobson

Child Tax Credit Dramatically Cuts Child Poverty; Can It Become Permanent?

Bryce Covert

Biden Threatens Ed Dept. ‘Enforcement Actions’ Against States Restricting Masks

Linda Jacobson

Senate Advances Biden’s Historic, $3.5T Agenda for Education, Families

Linda Jacobson

American Rescue Plan: The United States Finally Invests Serious Resources in Our Children

Bryce Covert