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It was 2016 when Christiane Kraetsch's life slowly began to fall apart. Kraetsch, 65, used to work as an educator at ...

If you’re already receiving or about to receive Social Security, a typical monthly benefit check of $2,000 could drop to ...

Former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned the Government must act now on the two-child benefit limit and said he's ...

Former Marine turned monk Doug Lynam spent 20 years in poverty before becoming a financial advisor. Here's what he learned ...

The number of Americans living in poverty has gone up, even as incomes rose last year, the U.S. Census Bureau announced Tuesday. Measuring poverty can be tricky − but the main number social ...

Pulitzer winner for Evicted Matthew Desmond examines why the U.S. has more poverty than other rich nations. He finds it spends big on social programs, but gives the most to those who need it least.

The number of children living in poverty in the United States more than doubled in 2022, according to new figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Sept. 12, the biggest increase since it ...

Margaret Talbot writes about “Poverty, by America,” a new book by Matthew Desmond, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Evicted.” ...

Our national poverty rate fell 42 percent during the War on Poverty, from 1964 to 1973. And that trend continues today: The poverty rate fell from 26 percent in 1967 to 16 percent in 2012 when ...

Medical students are being driven further into poverty during their final year of training due to a baffling shortfall in student loan support.

Community members and leaders gathered on Tuesday to advocate for a higher living wage, housing security, and the ...