Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds problem is ‘deeper and more damaging than at any point in the last 30 years’ The UK’s poorest families are getting poorer, with record numbers of people classed as in ...

I have been in health care, specifically heart health, for 20 years. Despite advancements in medicine and extensive research, heart disease is still the No. 1 killer of both men and women in the ...

As the federal government shutdown dragged on, families across the country have felt the impact — especially those who rely on safety-net programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ...

In 1967, a farmer stood in a field in Punjab, India, holding seeds that looked no different from those his father and grandfather had planted. But these seeds (stocky, disease-resistant wheat ...

I spent the first 18 years of my life living in public-housing projects. My childhood was as poor as it gets in America. I’ve also seen what being poor is like in places like Mexico, Colombia, and the ...

Poverty is on the rise, but only among seniors, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual poverty report. Based on the official measure, which is a simple calculation based on pretax cash income ...

Jeremiah Program is a nonprofit on a mission to disrupt the cycle of poverty for single mothers and their children, two generations at a time. It helps single mothers succeed in college while ...

Brake the Cycle of Poverty held its 16th annual cycling event through the rolling hills and scenic landscape in Berks County on Saturday. All the proceeds go to Friends Incorporated which runs food ...

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But Clemons, founding CEO of both organizations, grew up "in abject poverty," in a single-parent household, in a neighborhood where kids weren't always expected to succeed, and he knows how difficult ...

Malawi has rolled out a new National Social Protection Policy, a move described as a key step in shifting the country’s response to poverty and vulnerability to shield the poor from economic and ...