Dominating the book is an image of institutional space, beige, concrete, and lightless: the warehouse, the hospital, the shelter, the prison. These are the troubled domains of the American poor, whose ...

John Bird's poverty diagram shows how far removed the aspiration for welfare spending in 1948 is from today's reality.

Through poverty, we become less attached to our ... and the poor are sent away empty. Just for being poor, people risk exposure to the elements, lack of health care, criminalization and the ...

A unique analysis of district-level data reveals why inequality is so destructive to the household consumption welfare of people living below the poverty line. During negative economic growth, the ...

Deregulation, defunding of welfare programs, higher taxes on the poor, and weak labor laws lead to high poverty in the United ...

Understanding how the poor, middle class ... Poorer communities consisting of people who are considered below the poverty line or living paycheck to paycheck are more likely to use high-interest ...

Kathryn Anne Edwards, Tribune News Service House Republicans released a budget proposal that effectively calls fora $4.5 trillion tax cut funded by ...

Veteran Actor Irrfan Khan’s Hindi Medium is a Bollywood production that can be remembered as a sour-tasting lemon drop ...

Cornell researchers have piloted a new approach to mapping poverty that could help policymakers identify the neediest people in poor countries and target resources more effectively. Eliminating ...

RICHARD BUERY JR., the chief executive of the anti-poverty group Robin Hood, on the rising number of residents living in poverty in New York City, where a quarter of people are unable to afford basic ...

Political determination accompanied by comprehensive scientific plans, a holistic approach, and numerous strategies can help ...