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.

We are at a critical juncture today in the fight against poverty. Despite decades of hard-won development progress, a world free of poverty remains out of sight. Ten years ago, the outlook appeared ...

To increase empathy and help the public be better prepared to address the issue, local leaders are hosting a poverty ...

Over the last 50 years, the proportion of Americans living in poverty has remained virtually unchanged. In 2023, 11 percent ...

What’s the most significant news? I think the most interesting aspect of this report is the different directions the two measures of poverty went in 2023. On one hand, the official poverty measure ...

The Social Metrics Commission (SMC) annual report reveal a staggering increase in social inequality in the UK. In 2022/23, more than 16 million people, almost a quarter of the population (24 percent) ...

Generous anti-poverty programs may help narrow gaps in mental health and brain development between children living in low- versus high-income households, a new study finds. The analysis, published in ...

After Matthew Desmond won the Pulitzer for Evicted, about families struggling to stay housed, the Princeton sociologist realized he still didn't understand why the U.S. has more poverty than any other ...

At the height of the recession in 2012, nearly one in four American children were living in poverty. Today, five years after America went through the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, ...

Former presidential candidate Peter Obi has stated that more than half of the population in Nigeria live in poverty while ...