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

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

Looking forward to 2026, Tavarez said Catholic Charities hopes the government will restore full funding to the Temporary ...

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.

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

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

The analysis from The 74 terms a handful of Oregon’s elementary schools “bright spots” for overcoming the odds. Seven of them ...

A popular blogger says the real poverty line for a family of four is around $140,000. There has been pushback.

For many Nigerians, 2025 will not be recalled with nostalgia or pride. It will be remembered as a year of pain and quiet ...

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 ...