It makes sense: sweeping rhetoric with bold promises grabs attention. But candidates and the voters considering them cannot neglect our sector. This isn’t just a policy preference. It’s a practical ...

The Local Democracy Reporting Service first revealed West Lothian is in the top ten of highest levels of child poverty in the ...

A fifth of Louisiana's children live in poverty, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation. That could jump to a third.

A new partnership led by Memphis Mayor Paul Young aims to help Memphians impacted by the lapse in SNAP funding.

In a lengthy memo, Bill Gates argued that while it's important to keep "backing" climate breakthroughs, it shouldn't be at the expense of programs that support health and development.

Many hard-right members of Congress are pursuing Lost Cause mythology – central to Trump’s movement – and neo-Confederate ...

Medicaid expansion is associated with improvements in 5-year cause-specific survival and overall survival in cancer patients.

Social stratification is a critical area of sociological research that examines the hierarchical arrangement of individuals ...

For decades, a job has been seen as the key to escaping poverty. A major new study turns the question on its head: What if ...

Speaking at a United Nations Committee joint discussion in New York dedicated to the Eradication of Poverty and to Agriculture development, food security and nutrition, Archbishop Gabriele reflected ...

MADISON — State Rep. Ann Roe, of Janesville, joined her Democratic colleagues Thursday to introduce a bill they said would address root causes of poverty. The proposed legislation, called the ...