About 1.4 million New Yorkers - many of them women, children, elderly and disabled - rely on food pantries and soup kitchens. Tonight's latest installment of our ongoing reporting initiative, Chasing the Dream: Poverty and Opportunity in America, takes a…
There are nearly 48.1 million people in America without reliable access to affordable, nutritious food. Even in New York City -- one of the richest cities in the world -- about 1.4 million people rely on emergency food programs, like…
In 1976, Atlantic City became the first place outside Nevada to legalize casinos. Voices from Atlantic City tells the story of the rise and fall of the gambling mecca from the perspective of local stakeholders - card dealers, cocktail waitresses,…
Nearly 15 percent- which comes out to more than 46 million people in this country- are considered to be living under the poverty line. That means these people are surviving on about $24,000 a year. In New York State, the…
Lots of dissention has arisen over undocumented immigrants in America, especially after GOP nominee Donald Trump made his feelings clear on the issue. Julissa Arce is one of the voices that goes against Trump and his negative views on the…
America has the largest prison population in the world, and in New York City, 4000 people are locked up in jail, although they haven't been convicted of any crime. They remain there, awaiting trial, not because their crime demands it,…
Food waste is perhaps one of the biggest problems in the world that people are not talking about. You may not realize it, but statistics show the average American throws away over 20 pounds of food each month. With about…
A few weeks ago, we reported on the city homeless shelters you may have stayed in before: hotels. PIX 11 reporters Jay Dow and Mario Diaz joined us to show these "homeless hotels" in New York City that started housing…
Cranks is an unincorporated community in the southeast of Harlan County, Kentucky, near the Virginia state line. Harlan County was immortalized in a documentary about a miner's strike that took place there in 1973. Though a bargain was struck, the…
Often, minority communities have little control over how they are represented in the media. That’s why these photos taken by high schoolers in Queens are so powerful: they depict what their communities look like as seen through their own eyes.…
The New Executive Director of APN, Renee Koubiadi, grew up in Camden living in poverty.
Jacquie, a Grill Cook at McDonalds, on the potential impact of the minimum wage increase. This interstitial is part of 'Chasing the Dream: Poverty and Opportunity in America,' a public media initiative that provides a deeper understanding of the impact…