More than 38 million people live in poverty in the United States—the wealthiest country in the world. Oxfam exposes the realities of life for working poor people and offers pragmatic solutions to ...

Poverty in the United States presents a complex mosaic of challenges and disparities. As the latest census data reveals — Census Bureau’s 2022 American Community Survey — poverty rates ...

The poverty rate metric is one of many that factor into the overall Best States rankings. See the Best States methodology for a detailed look at the data behind the analysis. 50 States #1 in Low ...

Poor kids in the US are likely to become poor adults. More government support during adulthood could change that.

We study the causes of “nutritional inequality”: why the wealthy eat more healthfully than the poor in the United States. Exploiting supermarket entry, household moves to healthier neighborhoods, and ...

I eagerly started Malaria: Poverty, Race, and Public Health in the United States, looking forward to the insights into malaria control that could be gained from the successful experience of the ...

Now, the federal poverty line is the same no matter where you live. Rep. Mikie Sherrill introduced a bill to require regional ...

The deportees from the United States file out of the buses with their ... In the vacuum of weak governance and poverty in their home country, gang members reproduced their social structures ...

c) The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2017 states ... The United Nations General Assembly through its resolution 70/1 adopted the Sustainable Development Goals. Goal 1 is End poverty in ...

Testimony over a proposal to redefine “neglect” for the child welfare system showed a divide between social workers and law enforcement. Legislation in the House seeks to prevent the removal of ...

A Unicef report has found that child income poverty rates in the United Kingdom are the highest among the world’s richest countries. The region ranked bottom of the table for changes in those ...