Any journalist interested in understanding how policies related to poverty, health, mental health and education affect children should make sure they see the quarterly publication called “The Future of Children.” The theme of the current issue is “The Next Generation of Antipoverty Policies” and it focuses on solutions and the progress made in reducing poverty over the past 40 years. Our current political climate downplays the potential for public policy and investment to address entrenched poverty. The articles in this volume are edited by Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill, both of whom are senior editors of the publication as well as scholars at the Brookings Institution. Here’s the web page.