The Frontline documentary 'Born Poor' follows kids in three families who try to overcome poverty from childhood through their ...

Director Karla Murthy and producer Rajal Pitroda talk about all that went into the making of their celebrated documentary The ...

More than a decade ago, the Emmy-nominated documentary Poor Kids explored poverty in the United States as it’s rarely seen: through the eyes of children. Born Poor tells the stories of the same ...

Fewer than 10 of the California Legislature’s 120 members are renters. So how can these elected officials possibly understand the plight of tenants under stress from rent hikes? That, in a nutshell, ...

What happens when you grow up poor in America—and stay in touch with the same filmmaker for more than a decade? In this episode of The FRONTLINE Dispatch podcast, host Raney Aronson-Rath speaks with ...

Abramorama has acquired North American theatrical distribution rights to “She Rises Up,” a documentary about the intersection of women and poverty. Directed by Maureen Castle Tusty and executive ...

The number of Americans living in poverty has gone up, even as incomes rose last year, the U.S. Census Bureau announced Tuesday. Measuring poverty can be tricky − but the main number social scientists ...