In the span of an hour, they had to pay monthly expenses like a mortgage, groceries and utilities just like families in real life.

Low-income older Americans on average die nearly a decade earlier than wealthier people, a new analysis finds.

Thousands of South Sudanese refugees and impoverished locals in Uganda saw a brighter future with a new USAID-funded project.

An Evans-Manning Award to foster mom Sharon Astyk for this stunning comment left on the education and poverty thread: It is interesting to me, having in my home school-aged kids of the WORST families ...

The story has recently resurfaced online as new cases of switched or abducted children emerge across Asia — including in ...

Joblessness in the United States recently hit its lowest point since the 1960s; the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached an all-time high last year; and America is now home to at least twice as many ...

Extreme Poverty Scheme to the Rescue After being surveyed and included in the Extreme Poverty Eradication Scheme, ...

Nigeria’s life expectancy may continue to be low if poverty, hunger, food insecurity, and poor access to healthcare continue unchecked, leading experts ...

24/7 Wall St. constructed an index of three measures — poverty, the percentage of adults who have at least a bachelor’s degree, and average life expectancy at birth — to identify the worst counties to ...