Children

As part of a series on Communist China’s 70th anniversary, Marketplace’s China correspondent Jennifer Pak and Shanghai bureau news assistant, Charles Zhang, spoke to people in the country’s shoe industry – the world’s biggest – about their achievements and challenges over the last few decades. You can read more stories from the China 70 series here. China’s […]

The study estimates that some 4 million U.S. kids are now uninsured.

Do screening tools work?

"Toyeries" are making a comeback.

Bridge Meadows brings foster families and seniors together in affordable housing.

NYC schools plan to spend $28 million on personnel, services for homeless students.

A journalist and parent digs into how our ideas of motherhood came about in the U.S.

A pilot program is underway in Massachusetts, while New Hampshire already has 200 day care centers participating in its purchasing group program.

A pilot program is underway in Massachusetts, while New Hampshire already has 200 day care centers participating in its purchasing group program.

Utah is leading states in efforts to reduce childhood poverty, one study found. One approach it's taken? Creating programs that tackle intergenerational poverty in families.