You’ve probably heard of Matthew Desmond’s ideas, even if you haven’t heard his name. He’s an author, MacArthur Fellow, and a ...

In a recent study published in Frontiers in Medicine, a group of researchers investigated whether the combination of chronic inflammation and poverty synergistically increases the 15-year risk of ...

Republicans and Democrats both acknowledge the erosion of the middle class. They differ on solutions to the problem. Left out of the public discourse discussion are the poor who, both parties seem to ...

When floodwaters washed away Woudou Oumar's home in northern Cameroon, he and his family lost not only shelter but hope. Then ...

Without Congressional action, the recently released National Academy of Sciences report, “An Updated Measure of Poverty: (Re)Drawing the Line,” could have substantial effects on government program ...

Most of the people who showed up on Feb. 20 to mourn the passing of 2-year-old A'millah Currie and 9-year-old Darnell Currie Jr., who died in the freezing winter inside a car in a casino parking ...

MOLINE -- Many children arrive at school in dirty clothes, with an empty stomach and a lingering memory of an explosive, physical argument between family members. The challenge at school for those ...

New York is the only state with a refundable child tax credit that excludes low-income families from accessing the maximum amount, limiting its anti-poverty effect, experts say. If the governor’s ...