Silicon Valley leaders took part in a poverty simulation meant to highlight the hurdles of being poor in one of the ...

In the 1990s, Congress created HOPE VI, a program that demolished old public housing projects and replaced them with more up-to-date ones. But the program went further than just improving public ...

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — It’s a conversation many people, especially the younger ones, are uncomfortable having, but one girl says ...

California families and advocates are urging state lawmakers to take bold action to reduce poverty and protect residents from federal funding cuts, by investing in proven anti-poverty tools such as ...

The child poverty rate in California nearly tripled from 2021 to 2024 — 7.5% to 18.6% — and is now the fourth highest in the country, according to new KIDS COUNT data from the Annie E. Casey ...

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

In Bangladesh, programs targeting ultra-poor, rural households can help families escape extreme poverty. However, the ...

New Jersey’s Hispanic residents were more likely to live below the poverty line than other groups, according to the latest ...

Millions have gained access to safe drinking water and sanitation globally, as per the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme report from 2025.

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 ...