Opinion | America’s Increasing Child Poverty Is a Policy Choice - The New York Times

The government has a choice here. It can deliver cash transfers, enact public goods and establish a floor of livelihood where nobody suffers from poverty or want — or it can allow children and families to go hungry, unhoused, indebted and abandoned on the altar of the market. It is time to once again use our immense power and resources to reduce suffering and save lives...

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/25/opinion/us-child-poverty.html

Opinion | The best vehicle for addressing child poverty is right before our eyes - The Washington Post

President Biden and congressional leaders should not give up on a policy for which there is so much evidence that it works. Federal budget negotiations are underway. Bringing back at least some of the expanded child tax credit for the poorest families is a small cost for a substantial benefit to millions of American children...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/12/best-vehicle-addressing-child-poverty-is-right-before-our-eyes/

House Progressives Revive Legislation to 'Cut Child Poverty by Nearly Two-Thirds'

Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), and Jesús "Chuy" García (D-Ill.) revived the End Child Poverty Act, which was first introduced by Tlaib and then-Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-N.Y.) in February 2022...

https://www.commondreams.org/news/end-child-poverty-act

Opinion | The stunning drop in poverty is a huge story. We should build on it. - The Washington Post

Making the choice to alleviate poverty early in people's lives, many economists agree, puts children on a path to becoming healthier, happier, more fulfilled, more productive adults. We have perpetually failed to make that choice, but this time, we did make it, and it worked...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/13/poverty-decline-pandemic-relief/