As diplomatic tensions over Greenland simmer, experts explain the symbolism of the US vs Denmark ice hockey match at the Winter Olympics ...

After several years in gestation, the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) recently launched Jamaica’s Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), which is intended to provide a complementary measure to ...

Non-cash benefits bring many Americans above the poverty line — and our poverty statistics should reflect that.

Poverty is increasingly being passed down across generations in S. Korea's non-metropolitan regions, with education reform cited as a key point ...

A major voting rights battle is intensifying in Congress as the House passed the Save America Act and sent it to the Senate for consideration.

The California Supreme Court recently issued a ruling to help identify how much poor Californians must pay in fees and fines ...

Under Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, there are “fewer families living in poverty” than under her predecessor. The poverty rate under Michigan’s Democratic governor, Gretchen Whitmer, has ranged from ...

Lord John Bird tabled an amendment to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill which would set targets to reducing child ...

The Church of England General Synod has voted to “recommit to ending poverty in all its forms”, 40 years after the release of its Faith in the City report.

Friends of Saint Mary MacKillop, Inc. (FSMMI), a Philippine-based nonprofit dedicated to empowering marginalized children ...

Using detailed surveys and machine learning computation, new research co-authored at UC Berkeley's Center for Effective Global Action finds that eradicating extreme poverty would be surprisingly ...

When floodwaters washed away Woudou Oumar's home in northern Cameroon, he and his family lost not only shelter but hope. Then ...