The cost of basics like housing and food rose, while incomes and other resources, like public benefits, did not keep up.

Stephen Roll, Jenn Finders, and Leah Hamilton Childhood poverty in the U.S. fell to its lowest level in history in 2021. The ...

Approximately 14% of college students across the United States experience period poverty, meaning they cannot afford to ...

The new project will aim to break the damaging cycle of continuing health inequalities.

When Idoko, a 23-year-old man living in rural Benue State, north central Nigeria, began hearing voices, withdrawing from ...

WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI — How much access to opportunity Washtenaw County residents have varies depending on where they live, a new county index and map shows. The county Office of Community and Economic ...

Elderly women in rural areas contribute to society through unpaid care work, especially as childcare infrastructure is badly ...

As premiums jump and assistance shrinks, a growing number of older people are being forced to delay or skip health care.

This story, created by Peter Yeung for Next City is part of the Solutions Story Tracker from the Solutions Journalism Network ...

This shift has a coherent political logic. Democrats have grown increasingly dependent on upper middle-class support — while ...