In response to the U.S. Census Bureau’s release of new data on poverty in 2023, Rebecca Riddell, Oxfam America’s Economic and Racial Justice Senior Policy Lead, said: “The U.S. is home to the most ...

While the economy was a key topic of discussion for the two presidential candidates when they met on the debate stage for the first time on Tuesday, the duel ended without explicit consideration of ...

Nearly 8 in 10 people living in multidimensional poverty—887 million out of 1.1 billion globally—are directly exposed to climate hazards such as extreme heat, flooding, drought, or air pollution.

Stories move us. Numbers guide us. Together, they give us the power to act. Too often, conversations about poverty rely on stories or numbers but not both. We share a moving story of a child ...

The head of Salem-Keizer Public Schools spent nearly a year painstakingly holding meetings and restructuring staffing plans ...

A new Census Bureau report establishes that poverty increased over the course of the Biden administration. The data is yet another rebuke to the politicians and commentators who insisted economic ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Fewer Staten Islanders are struggling to make ends meet, with recently released census data showing that the number of borough residents living in poverty has dropped more than ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rising rents are squeezing families' finances and contributed to an uptick last year in child poverty in Rhode Island. (Photo by ...

Multiple measures show poverty is holding its grip across Alabama. Maps produced by Al.com from three federal data sources show the prevalence of poverty in all the state’s counties – even those ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New data is reportedly painting two different pictures of child poverty in New Mexico, showing mixed results regarding progress in our state. According to the federal poverty ...