As Nigeria edges closer to the 2027 general election, a familiar but deepening crisis is unfolding in plain sight. In cities ...

One analysis suggests that modern budgets push the effective poverty line far above official levels, revealing why many six-figure earners still feel financially strained.

To increase empathy and help the public be better prepared to address the issue, local leaders are hosting a poverty ...

Low-income families often aren't able to take control of their health, despite the fact that many of them have health ...

In this article, we take a look at 35 countries with the lowest poverty rate in the world. If you would like to skip our detailed analysis of poverty reduction, you can directly go to 10 Countries ...

The latest percentage of households rating themselves as Mahirap/Poor was 51, as of the end of November (“Fourth Quarter 2025 ...

Over the last 50 years, the proportion of Americans living in poverty has remained virtually unchanged. In 2023, 11 percent ...

Margaret grew up in the Patterson Way Apartments, a notorious drug-infested public housing development in South Boston. By the time she was 16, both her mother and her father had died, and her ...

For many people, being poor feels more like an identity or series of experiences than a measure of income. You may feel poor if you've overdrawn your account at the grocery store or spent nights ...

Poverty is on the rise, but only among seniors, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual poverty report. Based on the official measure, which is a simple calculation based on pretax cash income ...

California’s greatest contradiction is almost Dickensian: In a state often cited as home to scores of billionaires, almost 4 in every 10 residents are living at or near the poverty line. Some live in ...