Poverty

Every morning at Dover Elementary, near the strawberry fields of Plant City, upbeat music used to blare from speakers outside the front gate. I first met…

The percentage of children living in high-poverty neighborhoods in Florida has decreased 8 percent since the Great Recession, according to a new study…

The number of Floridians living in poverty has fallen since the Great Recession. But it’s still higher than the national average. The federal government...

A reboot of Dr. Martin Luther King’s Poor People’s Campaign, which sought to unite those of all races who live in poverty, had a presence in Florida’s...

Martin Luther King Jr.’s grassroots Poor People’s Campaign ended as soon as it started. But, nearly 50 years later, the coalition is reforming across...

Polk County is a place of so many contradictions. It's the home of beautiful lakes, charming downtowns and historic landmarks. But this birthplace of…

Polk County is a place of so many contradictions. It's the home of beautiful lakes, charming downtowns and historic landmarks. But this birthplace of…

Polk County is consistently ranked as having among the highest rates of suburban poverty in the country. And one recent study put it second in the nation…

Polk County is consistently ranked as having among the highest rates of suburban poverty in the country. And one recent study put it second in the nation…

Polk County is a place of so many contradictions. It's the home of beautiful lakes, charming downtowns and historic landmarks. But this birthplace of…

Polk County is a place of so many contradictions. It's the home of beautiful lakes, charming downtowns and historic landmarks. But this birthplace of…

Nearly half of the people living and working in Florida still struggle to make ends meet after the Great Recession, according to a new study from the…