When the system thrives and profits off brokenness, who’s truly there for those caught in it? This is how the ...

Watch the prologue from "Born Poor" — a documentary made over 14 years that follows kids in three families who try to overcome poverty from childhood through the teen years to young adulthood.

The junior U.S. senator representing a state with one of the highest rates of childhood poverty in the country has been ...

The poll comes as homelessness is on the rise and as officials across the country push to clear encampments where unhoused ...

The U.S. has one of the highest child poverty rates among wealthy countries. Here’s a look at struggles kids living in poverty face, including access to food, healthcare and education.

The National Civil Rights Museum is hosting the 34th annual Freedom Awards Thursday night. The ceremony begins at 7 p.m. and ...

The United States is the ‘land of opportunities’ for those who have the skill and the discipline to achieve something big in life. According to the US Census Bureau 2022 data, the poverty rate in the ...

The poverty line is a historic relic. And yet, that line determines who gets food stamps. Medicaid. And housing subsidies. “We make these programs difficult to get and we don’t provide a lot of ...

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Not long ago, obesity was popularly considered a disease of affluence — the product of excess and overindulgence. Today, ...

It’s working.” Approximately 10% of Seacoast residents live below the poverty line, according to the U.S. Census and nearly 9% of York County residents are food insecure, according to Feeding America.

A US Air Force veteran found peace in Vietnam, living comfortably on $4,000 a month after leaving behind a stressful life in America.