A 2025 survey commissioned by MetLife found 1 in 7 (15%) of U.S. pet owners experience “pet poverty,” struggling to pay for ...

U.S. inequality is also shaped by historic and continued racial and ethic discrimination. Our economy was built on a ...

The poverty rate in the United States increased last year, the first increase in 13 years, according to the Census Bureau. In 2022, the poverty rate was 12.4%, up 4.6% from 2021, according to the ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The main gauge of U.S. poverty did not change significantly in 2024, and household income also remained about level except for gains among the wealthiest Americans, the U.S.

The latest numbers available from the U.S. Census Bureau reported Indiana had 816,000 persons in poverty in 2023. That was ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom often boasts that California, if it were a country, would have the world’s fourth-largest economy. But despite its wealth, the state has also seen a sharp increase in poverty since ...

Louisiana’s child poverty rate over the past three years leads the nation, according to a new study that attributes the trend to rising costs and expiring public assistance programs. The state also ...

WASHINGTON – Most U.S. adults think personal choices are a major driver of poverty and homelessness, according to a new poll, while fewer blame a lack of government support. However, just over half ...

World Hope International is a nonprofit founded in 1996 by Jo Anne Lyon in central Indiana. The organization focuses on ...

One year after California voters passed Proposition 36, Los Angeles County Public Defender Ricardo Garcia has warned that the ...

The US shutdown is thawing, but winter is coming to New York, where one in four residents live in poverty alongside the 384,500 millionaires.