"Wealth may fail you. Connections may fade away. But you wanna know what you can never lose? A hot dog and white bread." ...

Some 3,500 years ago, hunter-gatherers began building massive earthwork mounds along the Mississippi River at Poverty Point, ...

SNAP benefits won't go out Nov. 1 if the government shutdown continues. How many people in Mississippi get help? How much?

Low-income older Americans on average die nearly a decade earlier than wealthier people, a new analysis finds.

SNAP helps Louisiana's low-income households that are below the poverty line, but just how many people rely on SNAP for ...

The Nebraska Legislature mandated the plans, but it isn’t funding any of the follow-through, and federal cuts are likely to ...

More American cities—even those seen as affluent—are home to people living without running water as people are being "squeezed" by unaffordable housing and the cost-of-living crisis, new research ...

Thousands of South Sudanese refugees and impoverished locals in Uganda saw a brighter future with a new USAID-funded project.

In response to the U.S. Census Bureau’s release of new data on poverty and incomes in 2024, Rebecca Riddell, Oxfam America’s Economic Justice Senior Policy Lead, said: “Today’s Census data affirms the ...

The Rev. Solomon Kinloch Jr. is running for Detroit mayor, using his experience as a church leader and drive as a child who ...

"Climate change, disease, and poverty are all major problems," Gates wrote, adding, "we should deal with them in proportion ...

The Gauteng Legislature’s chair of committees, Dulton Adams, led the launch of an anti-human trafficking campaign at OR Tambo ...