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It is simply not credible to tackle child poverty without acknowledging the worst issue - a lack of money.

I have been very strongly advocating that poverty must not be used as an excuse to continue child labour. It perpetuates poverty. If children are deprived of education, they remain poor.

Poverty is a very complicated issue, but feeding a child isn't.

I can't solve the poverty problem, but there are things you can do to mitigate its effects on kids.

Far less wealthy industrialized countries have committed to end child poverty, while the United States is sliding backwards. We can do better. We must demand that our leaders do better.

All over the world, children facing the challenges of poverty attend schools that aren't designed to meet their extra needs; across country lines, the lives of marginalized kids look far more similar than they do different.

My state has the highest child poverty rate in all of New England, above the national average.

Frankly, one of the problems we have in the country is we're not forming enough families. And that is hurting our economic work, and it's hurting our economic projections, because the best place for a child is within a strong family unit.

Poverty is on the increase - due to welfare cuts - and demand for food banks has rocketed.

If women have young children, they are one man away from welfare.