Children's commissioner for England Dame Rachel de Souza says one child told her "in the night rats came and bit his face".

Global Citizen is turning to cities as it looks to break through what it sees as widespread political gridlock hindering ...

Workers face a growing divide between time needed and time available, which experts say harms their well-being and businesses ...

The world’s nations are gathering in Spain for a high-level conference to tackle the growing gap between rich and poor ...

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 ...

Poverty in France has reached the highest level since the 1970s, according to research released this week. In particular, ...

The U.S. poverty rate saw its largest one-year increase in history. 12.4% of Americans now live in poverty according to new 2022 data from the U.S. census, an increase from 7.4% in 2021. Child ...

In his January 1964 State of the Union address, President Lyndon Johnson proclaimed, “This administration today, here and now, declares unconditional war on poverty in America.” In the 50 ...

Poverty can follow children into adulthood, affecting their long-term physical and mental health, and making it harder to finish school and climb out of poverty.

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

Abdallah Fayyad is a correspondent at Vox, where he covers the impacts of social and economic policies. He is the author of “Within Our Means,” a biweekly newsletter on ending poverty in ...

In Japan's July 20 upper house election, a number of political parties have pledged restrictions and tighter measures for ...