With the exception of a slight uptick during the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. poverty rate has been trending downwards for ...

Deregulation, defunding of welfare programs, higher taxes on the poor, and weak labor laws lead to high poverty in the United ...

"Invisible America" is a poignant film that delves into the harsh realities of poverty in the United States. Through ...

Research shows a possible return to society of $1.24 for every dollar invested in increasing the JobSeeker rate.

A hospital nurse is paid a fixed monthly salary of 130 million rials, approximately $140 based on current exchange rates, or ...

After US President Lyndon Johnson declared a ‘War on Poverty’ in 1964, the Office of Economic Opportunity adopted a poverty threshold devised by economist Mollie Orshansky that took a similar ...

In 2015, then-President Barack Obama committed the United States to achieving newly adopted U.N. global goals by 2030.

It is perhaps no surprise that the committee concluded what we can see all around us in our communities, that the UK government is not effectively addressing poverty. The UN were dismayed at the ...

Panama's government has released dozens of migrants from around the world who were deported from the U.S. The migrants fled conflict, religious persecution, poverty and government crackdowns in ...

Poverty rates among Black ... If you spot an error, please let us know at [email protected] more ...

The US Census Bureau is directed each year to establish a poverty threshold, but there is very little information accessible on what forms part of that calculation other than they increase as the ...