When socialist muckraker Upton Sinclair dropped his gonzo exposé on the abysmal working conditions of Chicago’s meatpacking ...

Michael Green’s tally of the costs of raising a family in the U.S. today is going viral, even if some economists scoff at his math.

"If the crisis threshold—the floor below which families cannot function—is honestly updated to current spending patterns, it ...

The Fordham Pope Francis Global Poverty Report, compiled by researchers at Fordham University's Graduate Program in ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up (St. Louis Public Radio) – More than half of Missouri’s poorest ...

The Chattanooga Housing Authority wants people who use Housing Choice Vouchers to have the option to live in areas with fewer minorities and less poverty. "We feel like if our residents have options, ...

More than 19 per cent of children worldwide live in extreme poverty, surviving on under $3 a day, according to a new UNICEF ...

Last night, the city’s budget was passed by a razor thin margin, with 31councillors voting in favour and 30 against.

Poverty in the Bay Area increased in 2023, with more than 245,000 residents falling below the poverty line, due to rising ...

A person asks for financial help with a sign saying "For food" in Moenckebergstraße, which is decorated for Christmas. Due to high rents and related housing costs, more people in Germany are living in ...

COLUMBIA - Organizations and activists aimed at improving the poverty situation in the state will gather for the 2018 Missouri Poverty Summit on Thursday. The U.S. Census Bureau recently released data ...