Forty-two million Americans receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits (also known as food stamps). That’s 12% of the population. To be eligible, household gross income must be ...

16 October 2024 - The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 2024 highlights a widespread but often ignored aspect of poverty: social and institutional mistreatment. This hidden violence, ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. “We have got this tailspin of culture, in our inner cities in particular, of men not ...

Over 37.9 million Americans currently live below the poverty line. With more than 11 percent of the American population struggling to afford basic necessities like food, housing, and healthcare, it is ...

“We have got this tailspin of culture, in our inner cities in particular, of men not working and just generations of men not even thinking about working or learning the value and the culture of work.” ...

We have got this tailspin of culture, in our inner cities in particular, of men not working and just generations of men not even thinking about working or learning the value and the culture of work. — ...

"Today, one in seven seniors live in poverty," said AARP Foundation president Lisa Marsh Ryerson. "Senior poverty is a widespread and deeply disturbing problem in the US – but it’s often hidden from ...

If anyone alive today merits Martin Luther King Jr.’s civil rights mantle, it’s the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II. Cornel West, the theologian and independent presidential candidate, calls Barber the ...

Are people in poverty lazy and unwilling to help themselves? Do they choose to live in poverty? Can’t they just work harder? As a person who grew up in working poverty, I can tell you the answer to ...

Every day, Maurice Maxwell, executive director of Family Service of Middletown, sees the faces of poverty. They walk into the food pantry by the hundreds each month, filling their cardboard boxes with ...

Despite a strong economy, charities in Ireland face incrcreased pressure as demand for their services and support grows ...