The Maryland nonprofit I Support the Girls reports a 101% increase in need since the start of the shutdown. That's increasing ...

Ohio schools would be required to teach students to graduate high school, get a job and get married — in that order — before having a baby, according to a bill the Ohio Senate passed last month.

According to U.S. Census poverty data, women are twice as likely as men to retire in poverty. One out of eight women is poor, compared with one out of every 11 men. Those grim facts supercharged ...

A new program launching in Omaha will provide unconditional monthly cash payments to pregnant women in an effort to break the ...

From student to staff member, Maria Bustamante returned to Immokalee's Guadalupe Center as staff after the tutoring program ...

This article is part of "Solutionaries," our continuing commitment to solutions journalism, highlighting the creative people in communities working to make the world a better place, one solution at a ...

In 1967, a farmer stood in a field in Punjab, India, holding seeds that looked no different from those his father and grandfather had planted. But these seeds (stocky, disease-resistant wheat ...

Cyclists toured the rural roads and covered bridges of northern Berks County, all in an effort to help those in need, raising nearly $13,000 at the 15th Annual Brake the Cycle of Poverty Benefit Bike ...

In the United States, 42 million people are living in poverty. Almost 40% of single-mother households are in poverty, and one in three individuals who experienced poverty as children will remain in ...

Cyclists toured the rural roads and covered bridges of northern Berks County, all in an effort to help those in need, at the 16th Annual Brake the Cycle of Poverty Benefit Bike Ride for Friend Inc.

Omaha could see its first widespread hard freeze this weekend, which is different than a first freeze. The boil water notice ...