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

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.

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

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

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

April 2026 conference features national leaders examining why many poverty solutions fail—and what works instead. Charity should do more than provide temporary relief—it should empower people toward ...

Margaret grew up in the Patterson Way Apartments, a notorious drug-infested public housing development in South Boston. By the time she was 16, both her mother and her father had died, and her ...

In his January 1964 State of the Union address, President Lyndon Johnson proclaimed, “This administration today, here and now, declares unconditional war on poverty in America.” In the 50 years since ...

Trump and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy signaled momentum on peace talks after a meeting yesterday. And, anti-poverty groups ...

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