Alabama is one of 20 states with a pink tax, which is a tax on feminine products. This presents a financial barrier to a monthly necessity for women in underserved communities. Sign up for our ...

The Alabama House of Representatives has passed a series of bills that will reduce the state sales tax on food, while also bringing in new tax exemptions. Newsweek has contacted Representative Danny ...

For 20 years, the percentage of Alabama children living in poverty has remained at about 20%. In 2022, 22% of the about 240,000 Alabama children lived in poverty, according to the 2024 Alabama ...

“Child poverty has remained unchanged for the last 20 years,” said Apreill Hartsfield, Alabama Kids Count director for VOICES for Alabama’s Children in a recent release. “While poverty ...

Alabama, on Saturday. The actress, 49, was among a number of guests who witnessed the 20-year-old deliver a speech about 'period poverty.' Period poverty is described as women and girls 'having ...

poverty and gun violence. "We got to the highest point on this bridge," Lewis said in an interview with NPR, standing on the ...

with her 20-year-old daughter on Saturday, March 1, to raise awareness for period poverty, which the National Institutes of Health describes as women and girls “having insufficient access to ...

The data, released in the 2024 Alabama Kids Count Data Book, reveals that the child poverty rate has remained stagnant for two decades. While Alabama ranks 39th overall in child well-being ...