Poverty rates are rising among young people in many of Atlanta’s suburbs, according to new federal data, creating an array of challenges for teachers and school district administrators. From 2019 to ...

ATLANTA - The Atlanta Police Department said it is expanding its Policing Alternatives & Diversion Initiative to increase support of residents experiencing extreme poverty, problematic substance use ...

ATLANTA - An Atlanta man is home after walking over 650 miles to bring awareness to poverty in the nation. Terrance Lester started the march from Atlanta to Washington, D.C. on August 20th. But Sunday ...

If you ask one man, the day-to-day existence is dreadful in the Vine City neighborhood, which is in close proximity to the gleaming, largely taxpayer-funded stadium of the Atlanta Falcons. “People are ...

This year, more than 10 cities across the country will experiment with a policy called guaranteed income. The gist: Cities can help their poorest residents by giving them no-strings-attached cash ...

ATLANTA — C.J. Stewart has spent more than a decade hosting high school baseball team tryouts in his former Atlanta neighborhood every spring. But the players chosen are not for an ordinary team. They ...