Over the last 50 years, the proportion of Americans living in poverty has remained virtually unchanged. In 2023, 11 percent of American’s lived below the poverty line. In 1973, that number was also 11 ...

Rather than being merely the ayuda program critics sometimes portray it as, the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program may ...

Graduates of Circles Cobb’s 12-week poverty reduction program, their families and their mentors pose for a picture. The Cobb chapter of a nonprofit focused on ending poverty is set to graduate its ...

Many Franklin County residents struggle to afford basic necessities despite a significant portion being employed. Two local pilot programs, the Ohio Mother's Trust and the City of Columbus' Economic ...

Early in my career, I spent a year working in two refugee camps in southern Mexico, home to indigenous Guatemalans who had escaped the genocide taking place in their homeland a short walk across the ...

New Census Bureau data show the share of adults age 65 and older living in poverty climbed to 15.4 percent in 2025.

Researchers tested a controversial approach to fighting extreme poverty: giving people cash directly with no strings attached. In one Kenyan village, adults received $500 each, and two years later ...

One of the clear insights that emerged from the last general elections in Guyana is that the electorate wishes to see national resources devoted to the tangible alleviation of poverty alongside ...