Education, health and social services can be impacted by where children live.

Social services are not always in step with medical care.

A new HBO documentary takes a look at how millions of families have been left out in the cold in the richest country on Earth.

Sister Albertina Morales works with some of the most economically destitute people in Los Angeles. And according to her, the economic recovery isn't much of a recovery at all.

The government made food a human right. Then it found that ending hunger takes a lot more than a declaration.

A man deported to Mexico struggles to be reunited with his kids, now in North Carolina foster care.

City libraries are trying to revamp to help homeless patrons, even as their budgets are slashed.

Commentator Liz Herman says we need to find a way to both reduce the deficit and spend the right amount on social services.