An event at Mary Baldwin University aims to help students and the broader community better understand what it is like to live ...

In the leadup to the annual United Nations climate conference, the U.N. Development Programme has released new data about how ...

One in six American children under 5 lives in poverty — a crisis that shapes health, education and opportunity. PBS’s "Born ...

A fifth of Louisiana's children live in poverty, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation. That could jump to a third.

The number of Americans living in poverty has gone up for the first time in years, the U.S. Census Bureau announced Tuesday. Experts caution the trend, including an increasing child poverty rate, ...

More than 660,000 older Americans in California are living below the poverty line, according to an analysis by the health research site KFF, the highest number in the country. The ...

Not only is Memphis ranked number one in overall poverty rates for areas with more than a million people, but also leading the nation with the highest number of children living in poverty as well. "It ...

While presenting the findings here at the World Bank's local office, Wieser said that higher growth and lower inflation ...

Thousands of people have marched through central Edinburgh calling for more action to tackle poverty in Scotland. The ...

The surging number of Australians living below the poverty line has laid bare Anthony Albanese's vow to "leave no-one behind" ...

Note: Poverty status is determined for individuals in housing units and noninstitutional group quarters. It is unavailable for children younger than 15 who are not related to the householder, people ...

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