Learn how the poverty gap measures poverty's intensity through income shortfalls from the poverty line, and explore its ...

STARKVILLE – I wrote recently about that fact both Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Marco Rubio launched their presidential bids talking about income inequality. Time Magazine listened to the ...

Methods commonly used to measure poverty can lead to vastly different conclusions about who actually lives in poverty, according to a new Stanford University–led study. Based on household surveys in ...

Health professionals are in constant interaction with parents and infants who are victims of poverty and poor socioeconomic status. But an important question remains: do we know how to define poverty?

The lead on The Washington Post story was an eye-opener: “For the first-time in at least 50 years, a majority of U.S. public school students come from low-income families, according to a new analysis ...

The U.S. government's official measure of poverty hasn't changed much in 50 years: It's still based on what it took to feed a family in the 1950s. There are new efforts underway to find a more ...

In the Bible, Jesus traveled around Galilee and Judea preaching the good news to underserved communities. He was often surrounded by those of meager means and in one story, he fed a crowd of some ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Discover how the International Poverty Line defines global poverty, its critique, and impacts. Learn about its uses and how it differs from the Federal Poverty Level.

For two decades, the Census Bureau has reported almost yearly that more than 35 million Americans live in "poverty." Last fall, census officials grabbed headlines by saying 43.5 million persons were ...

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