UN marks Oct. 17 as International Day for Eradication of Poverty, spotlighting crisis deepened by pandemic and global ...

This 2025 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) report, for the first time, overlays data on climate hazards and ...

I joined the Southern Poverty Law Center’s five-day Mississippi Truth, Poverty and Democracy Tour, which began on Sept. 30, ...

SAGINAW, Mich. (WNEM) — Community leaders and volunteers in Saginaw are looking to inspire change through an interactive experience. The group took part in a community action poverty simulation at the ...

By overlaying climate hazard data with multidimensional poverty data for the first time, it reveals how the climate crisis is ...

Sensing tension in the room following a stressful poverty simulation, Robin Smith followed up with a deep-breathing exercise for the group Thursday. “Let’s take one deep breath in and out. For people ...

Sitting at a blueberry blue table in a Head Start classroom in Pullman, Mich., about an hour south of Grand Rapids, preschool teacher Julie Beck helps a little girl draw a rainbow with crayons. Nearby ...

Low-income older Americans on average die nearly a decade earlier than wealthier people, a new analysis finds.

A shrinking number of Californians live in poverty. But the improvement is much too slow. My trusty spreadsheet reviewed the latest “supplemental” poverty measurements from the Census Bureau. These ...

The “harsh realities” of poverty in St. Louis, according to a Legal Services of Eastern Missouri report, are visible during events including the annual Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis MLK Food ...

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One in eight children in Sweden live in poverty according to a new report from the organisation Save the Children. That’s 12.9 percent or roughly 276,000 ...