When floodwaters washed away Woudou Oumar's home in northern Cameroon, he and his family lost not only shelter but hope. Then ...

Most of what people believe about money didn't come from school; it came from parents who were doing their best while navigating an economy that no longer exists. Wages have grown only 17% in the last ...

We used to be trapped. And by “we,” I really do mean all of us. A few hundred years ago, the majority of the world lived in extreme poverty, and even in recent decades, people lucky enough to clear ...

While family rituals around the holidays and traditions that bring families together can be beneficial for bonding, closeness, and cultivating connections, according to a study from the Journal of the ...

Rio de Janeiro — When summer heat comes to the Arara neighborhood in northern Rio, it lingers, baking the red brick and concrete that make up many of the buildings long after the sun has gone down.

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Federal officials have released a new report on national poverty statistics which shows how many people are living in or near poverty in Kansas. The U.S. Census Bureau (USCB) recently ...

1."How it grinds people into dust. Between the malnourishment, housing insecurity, direct/secondary/generational trauma, abject exploitation by finance, poor health ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Many people in Green Bay found out first-hand the struggles that those living in poverty experience every day through participation in a special program hosted by St. John’s ...

ZIP codes with the highest poverty levels also experience higher rates of obesity, depression and low birth-weight babies. Limited access to affordable healthy food and transportation to medical ...

No location in the U.S. offers affordable two-bedroom apartments for full-time minimum wage earners. Springfield, Missouri, faces a severe housing crisis, with a poverty rate significantly higher than ...