Between 1990 and today, the number of people living in extreme poverty — meaning on the equivalent of $3 or less per day in US purchasing power — fell from 2.3 billion to around 800 million, even as ...

A charity which has won a national award for its "micro jobs" scheme has said it is helping people out of poverty. Zink, ...

Homeless people in Arlington, Virginia, have interactions with the police resulting in being arrested for minor crimes, held ...

"I live on my multi-million dollar yacht, yet I eat a bowl of cereal, usually Raisin Bran, about once a week for dinner." ...

Michael Green’s tally of the costs of raising a family in the U.S. today is going viral, even if some economists scoff at his math.

Circle Leaders and Allies meet during the weekly gathering of Circles Johnson County in 2022 at Grace United Methodist Church. The Circles program is part of Bridges Alliance of Johnson County, which ...

An editorial titled “ Billionaires are not to blame for poverty ” that appeared recently in The Morning Call is another ...

More American cities—even those seen as affluent—are home to people living without running water as people are being "squeezed" by unaffordable housing and the cost-of-living crisis, new research ...

In the “Poverty Finance” subReddit, which houses financial advice and stories for people in low-income situations, one poster opened up a discussion about “poverty foods.” "We all have that one go-to ...

New analysis from Loughborough has revealed that 103,000 people died in poverty last year, around one in six of all deaths.

Michael Green’s call to expand the poverty line to $140K reignites a debate over what economic strain really means today.