Some children are living in "Dickensian" levels of poverty, England's children's commissioner has said. Dame Rachel de Souza said children have described living in homes with rats, seeing bacon as a ...

A fifth of Louisiana's children live in poverty, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation. That could jump to a third.

NEARLY eight in 10 people living in multidimensional poverty—or 887 million of the 1.1 billion globally—are directly exposed to climate hazards such as extreme heat, flooding, drought, or air ...

There is a lot to like about living in Northeastern Ohio, including what is commonly referred to as the Mahoning Valley. The cost of living in Trumbull and Mahoning counties is more affordable than in ...

Thousands of South Sudanese refugees and impoverished locals in Uganda saw a brighter future with a new USAID-funded project.

The “harsh realities” of poverty in St. Louis, according to a Legal Services of Eastern Missouri report, are visible during events including the annual Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis MLK Food ...

The report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation shows child poverty has risen by one-third since the pandemic. Nicole Woo, ...

The study is impressive in its scale. Researchers combined two Brazilian datasets — one from the Ministry of Health and one that tracks social programs for the poorest half of the population — ...

Thousands of people have marched through central Edinburgh calling for more action to tackle poverty in Scotland. The ...

Note: Poverty status is determined for individuals in housing units and noninstitutional group quarters. It is unavailable for children younger than 15 who are not related to the householder, people ...