Social Security payments lift an estimated 23.5 million people above the poverty line, a new report has found.

A new report from the Institute for Policy Studies dubs 20 companies the ‘Low-Wage 20’—and includes retail giants like Amazon ...

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

Stanford researchers quantified the cost of lifting people out of poverty globally, providing a framework to inform future policy decisions.

The median household income in Jackson is $42,848 compared to $64,004 countywide, with residents citing lack of living-wage ...

Detroit’s new human services leaders Luke Shaefer and Benita Miller talk about how they’ll fight poverty and homelessness under Mayor Mary Sheffield.

Decisive action is required to combat child poverty in the European Union, with current estimates putting quarter of the EU’s infant population – 20 million children – at risk, deputy minister of ...

SCOTLAND’S First Minister John Swinney has announced £5.8 million for child poverty groups ahead of a new strategy being ...