The number of children living in poverty in the United States more than doubled in 2022, according to new figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Sept. 12, the biggest increase since it began ...
The U.S. poverty rate saw its largest one-year increase in history. 12.4% of Americans now live in poverty according to new 2022 data from the U.S. census, an increase from 7.4% in 2021. Child poverty ...
The absence of strong accountability turns anti-poverty programmes into symbolic gestures rather than vehicles of real change ...
Alecia Reid is an award-winning, Emmy-nominated reporter for CBS News New York. She is a sustainability and social justice advocate; passionate about giving a voice to people who may not otherwise be ...
Poverty is on the rise, but only among seniors, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual poverty report. Based on the official measure, which is a simple calculation based on pretax cash income ...
Official statistics show 13.2% of households in England were living in draughty homes and struggling with bills in 2020. More than one in eight households in England were living in draughty homes and ...
Most U.S. adults think personal choices are a major driver of poverty and homelessness, according to a new poll, while fewer blame a lack of government support. However, just over half also think the ...
About one in four Asian adults in New York City lived in poverty in 2020 — a rate that is significantly higher than the citywide average, according to a report released today by Robin Hood, a local ...
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Iraqi government is offering financial incentives to encourage students who left school to ...
Santa Barbara County has a worldwide reputation as a lap of luxury — home to movie stars, wineries, and million-dollar homes — but at the same time, the county carries the less-appealing distinction ...
A new book argues that for non-elites in South Asia, learning English is often the most consequential developmental step in moving up the social mobility ladder.