The U.S. has one of the highest child poverty rates among wealthy countries. Here’s a look at struggles kids living in ...

The link between wealth and longevity is well established. But this new research suggests that the life-expectancy gap ...

Uncomfortable truth' The report said people experienced poverty when they did not have enough money or resources to meet ...

Watch the prologue from "Born Poor" — a documentary made over 14 years that follows kids in three families who try to overcome poverty from childhood through the teen years to young adulthood.

The poll comes as homelessness is on the rise and as officials across the country push to clear encampments where unhoused ...

The poverty line is a historic relic. And yet, that line determines who gets food stamps. Medicaid. And housing subsidies. “We make these programs difficult to get and we don’t provide a lot of ...

President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff regime is already reshaping global trade and spiking government customs revenue. But ...

The following information was released by the United States Census Bureau: The U.S. Census Bureau today announced that real median household income was $83,730 in 2024, not statistically different ...

Not long ago, obesity was popularly considered a disease of affluence — the product of excess and overindulgence. Today, obesity is increasingly recognized as a disease of poverty, rooted in ...