The child poverty rate more than doubled in 2022 as Covid-era aid programs expired, erasing major economic gains for the poorest Americans.

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    1 year ago

    title sounds like clickbait. it’s so weird to use collapsing, when the real story is the covid era programs are expiring (as OP thankfully points out, thanks OP).

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      1 year ago

      The programs in question were incredibly effective at ending child poverty in the US. Their ending will increase child poverty.

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        1 year ago

        Sure, but my point is that the article title is burying the lede by not pointing that out in the title. There’s also like 4 articles posted that specific detail already.