In a new report, Hawaiʻi Appleseed researchers demonstrate how chronically low wages have prevented Hawaiʻi’s working families from thriving, and outline the significant cost that poverty exacts from these families, from future generations, and from all of us.

Fewer than 1 in 11 keiki in free or reduced-price school lunch were reached by summer meals.

Community organizations respond to delayed start of public school year by keeping keiki feeding sites open.

The merger of these social justice organizations is meant to forge a stronger connection between data-driven policy and impacted communities.

The 50-year advocate for the low-income community and founder of Hawaiʻi Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice will retire on August 31, 2019.

New analysis sheds light on demographics of affected workers and effects on local economy.

Renters need to work a total of 143 hours a week at minimum wage to afford a two-bedroom apartment.

The state’s high cost of living and low wages has made recovery slow and painful for many families.

An Appleseed-commissioned poll highlights the extent to which working families are now struggling to get by in Hawaiʻi.

Recommendations for policymakers on how to address our highest-in-the-nation housing costs and associated socioeconomic problems.