On the surface, economic conditions look fairly good, with 47 states plus D.C. all experiencing declines in their respective levels of poverty from 2012 to 2022. But this general, bird’s eye ...

The stickiness of poverty in the U.S. challenges the self-image of a country that prides itself on upward mobility. Most scholarship on the issue tends, logically enough, to focus on conditions ...

A new survey by the National Institute on Ageing takes stock of the health, social well-being and financial security of ...

Even when children in a situation of “moderate poverty” are not so exposed in their living conditions, their future opportunities are seriously curtailed”, point out Espíndola and Rico.

January is Poverty Awareness Month, and the newly released 2024 ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) in ...

Systemic racism and discrimination are forms of systemic oppression found to be root causes of poverty and hunger in the United States. Systemic racism is a form of violence that places or keeps ...

We have to strengthen that middle class that manages to get out of poverty but lives in conditions of uncertainty. This is part of the challenge we have as a government. This news shows that we ...

But Mainous’ research focuses specifically on people who live in poverty. However, the trouble is... “I wouldn’t know if I have it. You probably wouldn’t know if you have it,” he explained.

The Madagascar Poverty Assessment report launched in February 2024 provides an account of the evolution of poverty and living conditions in Madagascar in the last decade (2012-2022). These are the ...

A NEW scheme is providing vital health support for children living in fuel poverty. The project, called Warm Homes for Young Lungs, is run by Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Nearly half of single-parent households in Japan are living in a state of poverty, according to the 2021 Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions released by the welfare ministry on July 4. The ...