One analysis suggests that modern budgets push the effective poverty line far above official levels, revealing why many six-figure earners still feel financially strained.
Learn how the poverty gap measures poverty's intensity through income shortfalls from the poverty line, and explore its ...
New research from the Urban Institute credits stimulus checks, federal unemployment benefits, and bigger food stamps with a sizable drop in poverty.
Local anti-poverty groups have had to scramble and scale back this year as the Trump administration targeted safety-net ...
McDowell County residents say it’s up to them to forge a brighter future after decades of federal projects haven’t eased their hardship.
The Mexican government on Friday claimed that for the first time in history more  Mexicans are categorized as middle class ...
An new article published in Social Work in Mental Health outlines the persistent systemic and structural social injustices ...
In his January 1964 State of the Union address, President Lyndon Johnson proclaimed, “This administration today, here and now, declares unconditional war on poverty in America.” In the 50 years since ...
Trump and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy signaled momentum on peace talks after a meeting yesterday. And, anti-poverty groups ...
It's called the "graduation" approach — both financial and moral support to help people move from extreme poverty to ...
A new local initiative called The Beauty Box Project is working to provide personal health items for women across the metro ...