New Census Bureau data highlights sharp contrasts in poverty across the U.S., with some states reporting rates nearly three times higher than others. Over the three-year period from 2022 through 2024, ...

California's poverty rate is once again the highest in the country, new data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows. What's more, ...

The policy solutions to poverty are simple: redistribute capital ownership and expand the welfare state. Some people think poverty is what results when employers exploit workers on the bottom of the ...

People walk into a New York City grocery store that accepts food stamps. The poverty rate declined last year, but participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known ...

Southeast Ohio is a region known for a long history of poverty. The region continues to suffer from this issue, with many ...

Under investigation by a federal grand jury for having steered millions of dollars of state government anti-poverty grants to enterprises controlled by a friend, state Sen. Douglas McCrory, ...

As part of Congressional Republicans’ drive to craft “one big beautiful bill” reflecting Donald Trump’s tax and spending agenda, the House Agriculture committee on May 14 approved several proposals ...

What is a conservative approach to fixing poverty? Republican leaders in Utah explored answers to that question at the annual ...

Annually, on Oct. 17, the world marks the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, a day meant to spotlight the grip ...