Watch the prologue from "Born Poor" — a documentary made over 14 years that follows kids in three families who try to overcome poverty from childhood through the teen years to young adulthood.

President Donald Trump's almost $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and CHIP could have a "widespread impact" on children, Ye ...

According to the nonprofit free speech advocacy group PEN America, there have been nearly 16,000 book bans in U.S. public ...

The No. 2 Democrat in the Senate joined with a high-profile member of the Republican caucus, among others, to launch a bill protecting more than a quarter of a million people who arrived in the U.S.

Daniel Payne reports on how the health industry and Washington influence and impact each other. He joined STAT in 2025 after covering health care at POLITICO. You can reach Daniel on Signal at danielp ...

As President Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. prepared to announce that they believe the use of acetaminophen — the active ingredient in Tylenol — by pregnant women may be linked to ...

Our society has actively promoted two-parent families for decades, but today we’re in a particularly intense moment. We have books getting published like Get Married: Why Americans Must Defy the ...

The Chargers quarterback’s head is in the game, until SI Kids asked him to cradle it in his arms. But the question that haunted this concept from the start, and the tale of how it came together, ...

The hilarious and food-loving FUNG BROS get real about growing up Asian in the U.S.—straight from the mouths of FOB kids. Trump Heads to UN Gathering Facing Billions in Unpaid Dues Russia responds to ...

Earlier this month, US President Trump boasted in an interview with Fox News that, under his leadership, America had the “best economy we’ve ever had.” Any worker watching the interview would have ...

It’s easy to want the best for the kids you care about, even when they’re not your own. One man offered to help out with his niece and nephew, but when his brother’s secret trip made that choice feel ...

The U.S. leads developed nations in gun deaths, with one person dying every 11 minutes. Sadly, Tennessee has consistently ranked near the top. It will take decades to cure, but it begins with ...