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 ...

Currently, in Alabama, the maximum gross income to claim a standard deduction for married filing jointly is $25,500, and the ...

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 ...

In 2022, about 35,932 children were subject to an investigated abuse and neglect report in Alabama. 2. More kids are living in poverty. Since 2000, child poverty has been steadily climbing in ...

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 bridge ten years ago. "Down below we saw a sea of blue – Alabama state ...

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 ...

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 ...