Poverty in Mexicali declined in the third semester of 2024, dropping to its lowest level in 5 years for the July-September period, according to data from the National Council of Social Development ...

The disaster facing New Mexico won’t be fixed even if Congress makes the miraculous metamorphosis from pumpkin heads to public servants. We’re not talking about Pumpkinheads the book or movie. Instead ...

California's poverty rate climbed in the first quarter of 2023, the latest quarter measured by the Public Policy Institute of California. Poverty increased from 11.7 percent in 2021 to 13.2 percent, ...

It’s harder for Black Americans born into poverty to break the cycle and escape than their white counterparts. According to the 2023 State of Babies Yearbook, “approximately three in five Black (62.3 ...

Period poverty is a public health issue that can impact Black and brown women at disproportionate rates in this country. (Photo: Adobe Stock) The leaders of The Flow Initiative discuss period poverty, ...

As world leaders come to Brazil for climate talks, people like Cassiano are the ones with the most at stake. Poor communities ...

We review evidence on the effectiveness of the minimum wage versus in-work benefit policies in reducing poverty in OECD countries. The most credible evidence suggests that raising the minimum wage is ...

Indiana is my home and where my “American Dream” happened. I came to Indiana as a school kid. But I initially grew up in Laredo, Texas—a predominantly Latino border town and a gateway to the United ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Child poverty continues to plague the city of Cleveland, which ranks second among the country’s largest cities in child poverty, behind only Detroit. However organizations are ...

For decades, the social services nonprofit Person to Person, housed on the campus of Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church in Darien, has provided food, clothing and emergency cash assistance to thousands of ...