The national ‘cost of basic needs’ line places about 21.9pc of the population below the poverty threshold, based on 2018-2019 ...

Kerala’s extreme poverty-free claim should provoke a return to the political possibility of realising positive freedom—as a ...

When a government rejects poverty data, it risks rejecting reality itself. The recent rejection of the World Bank’s poverty ...

We study the reasons for rising in-work poverty in the 25 years up to the pandemic.

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The California Black Women's Collective Empowerment Institute today released its 2025 State of Black Women in California Report, one of the most ...

Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana is expected to highlight several reasons to feel encouraged that South Africa’s stunted ...

In recent months, Kentucky and South Dakota have cut cash benefits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) ...

One in six American children under 5 lives in poverty — a crisis that shapes health, education and opportunity. PBS’s "Born ...

New York City has both the highest share of SNAP recipients and the highest average monthly benefit per person in the state.

Mississippians who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to help with food costs will soon receive partial ...

Despite the shifting federal landscape, Massachusetts health officials are urging residents to get health insurance coverage during the open enrollment period, which began Nov. 1.

President Dissanayake expressed contempt for the poor and threatened workers who fight for their social rights, as he ...