LONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) - The number of children living in poverty in America has increased just one month after the expanded child tax credits ended. Columbia University’s Center on Poverty and Social ...

Social scientist Christopher Sandy Jencks gave a lecture titled “The War On Poverty: Did We Give Up Too Soon?” on Monday afternoon. In the lecture, Jencks provided students with a history of America’s ...

The U.S. poverty rate saw its largest one-year increase in history. 12.4% of Americans now live in poverty according to new 2022 data from the U.S. census, an increase from 7.4% in 2021. Child poverty ...

The child poverty rate in the United States more than doubled between 2021 and 2022, according to new data on poverty, income, and health insurance from the U.S. Census Bureau on Sept. 12. A year ...

You likely don't think twice when you need to pick up a box of tampons at your local drugstore. But for many people who menstruate in the U.S., menstrual products are an expense they simply can't ...

Holiday poverty is a growing concern that affects many families during the festive season. While the holidays are often associated with joy and celebration, for some, they bring significant financial ...

We used to be trapped. And by “we,” I really do mean all of us. A few hundred years ago, the majority of the world lived in extreme poverty, and even in recent decades, people lucky enough to clear ...

A child poverty strategy is promising to lift half a million children out of poverty by the end of this parliament - but ...

Fewer than 10 of the California Legislature’s 120 members are renters. So how can these elected officials possibly understand the plight of tenants under stress from rent hikes? That, in a nutshell, ...