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3 in 10 Bay Area residents can't cover basic needs, report says

  • Nov 20, 2025
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MacKenzie Scott donates $42M to Bay Area nonprofit for scholarships

  • Oct 10, 2025
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Hayward, Alameda Co. create 'Russell City Redress Fund'

  • Jul 11, 2025

Global Citizen Festival returns to Central Park in NYC

  • Sep 29, 2024

'Our America: In the Black Conversations' | Watch Episode 2

  • Jun 26, 2024

'Our America: In the Black Conversations' | Watch Episode 1

  • Jun 20, 2024

Bay Area groups help get air quality sensors in low-income areas

  • Sep 22, 2023

Lafayette teachers picket amid pay dispute

  • Sep 14, 2023

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Many CalFresh recipients could lose benefits starting June 1

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Important changes for CalFresh recipients starting June 1

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3 in 10 Bay Area residents can't cover basic needs, report says

  • Nov 20, 2025
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MacKenzie Scott donates $42M to Bay Area nonprofit for scholarships

  • Oct 9, 2025
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Hayward, Alameda Co. create 'Russell City Redress Fund'

  • Jul 11, 2025
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WWII Veteran lived on one penny a day. He then rose to prominence as a Houston attorney.

  • May 14, 2025
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Teen on a mission to 'sock out' poverty!

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Bay Area groups help get air quality sensors in low-income areas

  • Sep 22, 2023

Latest Stories

East Oakland community leaders launch major initiative to invest $100 million into the 40x40

The 40x40 runs from Seminary Avenue to the Oakland-San Leandro border and from MacArthur Boulevard to the Bay and is home to the largest concentration of Black Oakland flatlands residents.

  • Aug 24, 2023

200 families in San Mateo Co. will get a monthly $300 'baby bonus' starting early 2024

"We are going to build a new generation of kids who won't ever know poverty," former congresswoman Jackie Speier said.

  • Aug 21, 2023

Jackie Speier Foundation to help growing unhoused community in San Mateo Co.

San Mateo County is one the wealthiest counties in California. Average home price is $1.6 million, but for many home looks different here.

  • Aug 18, 2023

Former Bay Area congresswoman launches foundation to help pull women, children out of poverty

"It gives you hope." Former congresswoman Jackie Speier has launched a new foundation that aims to pull San Mateo women and children out of poverty. Here's how it's already helped one woman and her three children.

  • Mar 24, 2023
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MRIs show stress from poverty, racism may alter brain development of Black children, study says

Researchers found that increased stressors like economic hardship and systemic racism play a significant role for Black children and can lead to the development of mental health issues as they age, the study said.

  • Feb 4, 2023