Nearly 10 million children were in poverty in 2023. It could become a key election issue.

Despite wage gains, lower-income families have been hit hard by inflation and the expiration of pandemic-era benefits.

After the pandemic, the gap between rich and poor has widened dramatically worldwide, and Norway and the United States are no exception. In the U.S., about one in five kids are growing up in families ...

The Basic Needs Giving Partnership recently announced their 2024 multi-year grant awards with $2.85 million awarded to 12 organizations across Northeast Wisconsin. These three-year grants support ...

Philadelphia’s poverty rate fell more than one percentage point between 2022 and 2023, marking the most significant year-over ...

A showdown between an Arizona tribe and the FBI was a turning point in the history of Indian Country, paving the way for the ...

Abbé Pierre campaigned for decades against homelessness and poverty. Revelations about his treatment of women have destroyed ...

A new report finds GOP policies would exacerbate hardship in order to give tax breaks to the wealthy and corporations.

By Lydia DePillis The nation’s poverty rate rose last year even as incomes improved, the government reported on Tuesday, reflecting higher prices and the expiration of the last pandemic relief ...

California's supplemental poverty rate of 15.4% tops the nation, highlighting the state's persistent economic divide.

The proportion of Americans living in poverty also fell slightly last year, to 11.1%, from 11.5% in 2022. But the ratio of women's median earnings to men's widened for the first time in more than ...

Nearly a quarter of US nonprofit workers live just above the federal poverty line. Nonprofits help fill gaps in the social safety net, but most employees are struggling to pay bills. Many of ...