Did you know that nearly half of the world’s population survives on less than $6.85 a day? That mind-boggling statistic ...

The summer and fall of 2020 through the eyes of five people living in poverty in Chicago. In Chicago, your birthplace often determines your destiny. A child born in one West Side census tract between ...

According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of people living in poverty in the U.S. decreased for the fifth consecutive year. Roughly 37 million people, or 11.4 percent of the total ...

Eugene Richards “Porter Lee and Mr. Will, Hughes, Arkansas” (1986) Porter Lee Davis helps her critically ill husband, Mr. Will, from the cab of their pickup truck. (All images courtesy of the artist ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The new report from the U.S. Census Bureau is truly troubling. It is no secret that the number of people living in poverty in the ...

Your two-part series on the plight of the ski bum inspired this letter (HCN, 10/25/04: As the town hollows out, one Aspen neighborhood thrives) (HCN,.11/8/04: A new breed of ‘ski bums’ is anything but ...

Through the lens of individuals grappling with financial hardship, we uncover the profound toll poverty exacts on mental well-being. From the constant stress of making ends meet to the lack of access ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- More Staten Islanders are struggling to make ends meet, with recently released census data showing that the number of borough residents living in poverty has jumped nearly 20% ...

More than 660,000 older Americans in California are living below the poverty line, according to an analysis by the health research site KFF, the highest number in the country. The ...

With 10 percent of the world subsisting in extreme poverty, a global commitment to a living wage could help transform lives. ByJon Heggie Under a blazing sun, a farm laborer bends to pluck cotton from ...

Stroke survivors living in areas with poor economic conditions were twice as likely to have a poor recovery compared to survivors living in areas with better conditions, according to a preliminary ...

Out of 97,132 children with cancer, 12.63% at the time diagnosis lived in neighborhoods that had high rates of poverty for the previous 30 years. These children faced a 26% and 15% higher risk for ...