A prominent strategist contends that the real "poverty line" for a family of four is $140,000, not the official threshold of ...

Learn how the poverty gap measures poverty's intensity through income shortfalls from the poverty line, and explore its ...

Local anti-poverty groups have had to scramble and scale back this year as the Trump administration targeted safety-net ...

New research from the Urban Institute credits stimulus checks, federal unemployment benefits, and bigger food stamps with a sizable drop in poverty.

McDowell County residents say it’s up to them to forge a brighter future after decades of federal projects haven’t eased their hardship.

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 ...

An new article published in Social Work in Mental Health outlines the persistent systemic and structural social injustices ...

The Mexican government on Friday claimed that for the first time in history more  Mexicans are categorized as middle class ...

Creek Street, the historic boardwalk in Ketchikan, Alaska. Alaska did not have the highest outright poverty rate. But it did experience a shocking increase in poverty among people aged 65 and older ...

Discover how the International Poverty Line defines global poverty, its critique, and impacts. Learn about its uses and how it differs from the Federal Poverty Level.

Nine organizations will receive $40,000 each through the New Human Services Partnership between the county and Ann Arbor.