A prominent strategist contends that the real "poverty line" for a family of four is $140,000, not the official threshold of ...

Learn how the poverty gap measures poverty's intensity through income shortfalls from the poverty line, and explore its ...

Local anti-poverty groups have had to scramble and scale back this year as the Trump administration targeted safety-net ...

New research from the Urban Institute credits stimulus checks, federal unemployment benefits, and bigger food stamps with a sizable drop in poverty.

Poverty is an economic state where people are experiencing scarcity or the lack of certain commodities that are required for the lives of human beings like money and material things. Therefore, ...

The Mexican government on Friday claimed that for the first time in history more  Mexicans are categorized as middle class ...

McDowell County residents say it’s up to them to forge a brighter future after decades of federal projects haven’t eased their hardship.

An new article published in Social Work in Mental Health outlines the persistent systemic and structural social injustices ...

Discover how the International Poverty Line defines global poverty, its critique, and impacts. Learn about its uses and how it differs from the Federal Poverty Level.

Trump and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy signaled momentum on peace talks after a meeting yesterday. And, anti-poverty groups ...

A new local initiative called The Beauty Box Project is working to provide personal health items for women across the metro ...