One in six American children under 5 lives in poverty — a crisis that shapes health, education and opportunity. PBS’s "Born Poor" revisits three children now grown, exposing how race, ...

Norwegian director Monica Strømdahl spent years traveling across the United States, documenting life in cheap hotels also known as flophouses. Then in 2017, she met 11-year-old Mikal in a hotel lobby.

A photographer spends 15 years documenting an Appalachian family and the constant pressure of poverty in their lives.

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 ...

"Parts of the United States are as poor as the Third World" according to a recent United Nations report on global inequality. Any doubts about poverty in America have been erased by the plight of New ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Income inequality and poverty in the United States have ...

More than a decade ago, the Emmy-nominated documentary Poor Kids explored poverty in the United States as it’s rarely seen: through the eyes of children. Born Poor tells the stories of the same ...