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Child poverty has plummeted, but most people haven’t heard

In the last 26 years, child poverty has fallen by 59 percent. Jason DeParle of The New York Times joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the reasons why childhood poverty figures have plummeted, the role of government aid, and what surprised policy watchers about the new numbers. His article is “Expanded Safety Net Drives Sharp Drop in Child Poverty.”