Two new documentaries take a hard look at the struggles of low-income and middle class families to access the basics—like food, housing, healthcare and education. By signing up, you confirm that you ...

Schematic Chart for Institutional Arrangement for Poverty Monitoring and Evaluation ...

Child poverty in the United States is too high. How can we reduce the share of children with low incomes, both today and in the future? One possible approach—a child allowance—has suddenly risen to ...

Representative Barbara Lee of California had spent the morning on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, giving a speech — word for word — that she’d given 17 years ago. “Let’s just pause … ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse’s children struggle with some of the worst poverty in the entire country and have done so for years, but new census data released in March shows just how dire the situation ...

Unused cooling towers overlooking an informal settlement in Soweto. A new study suggests that poverty in South Africa is actually higher than the figures usually quoted. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko Unlike ...

Schematic Chart for Institutional Arrangement for Poverty Monitoring and Evaluation ...