Launched in March 2025, the Public-Private-People Partnership has mapped over 10 lakh poor families to affluent donors. But experts say questions remain on its long-term impact.

America’s children face a growing crisis shaped by educational inequity, gun violence, and civil unrest. Black and minority children are disproportionately affected, threatening their safety, mental ...

We asked wealthy individuals who grew up poor what they would never waste money on, now that they know where good value matters when budgets are tight ...

Last week, Matthew Allen, a Minneapolis rapper and activist who performs as Nur-D, put his body on the line to fight ICE.

Government spending can help, but it can also hurt, as badly designed public-housing projects have done. So long as gentrification brings rich and poor together, and offers the latter greater ...

Jonathan Gruber, an economist at M.I.T. who helped the Obama administration estimate the costs of various policy options, ...

Some frugal budgeting influencers are going viral with their advice. Is it good advice? We asked financial experts.

The United Learning Center (ULC), located on the corner of Maple Street and North Pearl Street in downtown Centralia, is ...

With a song from 1759 as a mile marker, pianist Lara Downes and historian Jill Lepore examine what this land was like just ...

Some of the best coaches we can find to help struggling children escape poverty may be other children and their families.

A recent report by personal finance website WalletHub has shed light on which U.S. states have the most pronounced racial ...

One analysis suggests that modern budgets push the effective poverty line far above official levels, revealing why many six-figure earners still feel financially strained.