The country’s most overweight people often live in places where there isn’t access to healthy things to eat. And if there was, they probably couldn’t afford it anyway. Food insecurity is a simple idea ...

In his recent TED talk, Bono said that extreme poverty could be virtually eliminated by 2030, adding: “2030 is just around the corner. It’s about three Rolling Stones farewell concerts away.” A new ...

The U.S. Census Bureau has released its latest report into income and poverty across the United States. It found that median household income stood at $63,179 in 2018 while the median earnings of all ...

Charity group Oxfam has warned that the economic fallout from the coronavirus could push an extra half a billion people into poverty unless urgent and dramatic action is taken. The research was ...

A new report from by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, "Out of Reach 2015," determined that minimum wage workers in the United States cannot afford rent for a one-bedroom apartment at the ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. This week’s Forefront story explores Oakland’s changing ...

This infographic shares key finding from the Zambia Poverty and Equity Assessment: Turning Things Around After a Lost Decade. Despite relatively higher GDP per capita, 70.7% of the population lives on ...

Latin America has long suffered from one of the worst levels of income inequality in the world. This remains a serious problem as for every Carlos Slim the region produces there are tens of millions ...

On Jan. 19, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates tweeted an infographic claiming that the percent of people living in extreme poverty dropped from 94 percent in 1820 to 10 percent today. “This is one ...

Since Microsoft founder Bill Gates retired from the corporate world last year, he has been devoting most of his time and money to solving the world’s poverty problem. And he is an unapologetic ...

On the campaign trail, Donald Trump has often recited statistics about the economic plight of African-Americans, arguing that Democrats have done little to improve the lives of one of their core ...