When most people hear the word poverty, they think of empty pockets, begging on the streets, or not being able to afford food. However, poverty is much deeper than just not having money. It can affect ...

5 September - Around the world, over 800 million people live in extreme poverty and 1.1 billion people are still living in multidimensional poverty. As part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable ...

Certain types of cancer are linked to areas with high poverty, according to a new study, and many of those types of cancer are more lethal than those found in wealthier areas. Published Tuesday in the ...

The child poverty rate in the U.S. fell last year to the lowest level on record. Families were helped as cash benefits, tax credits and other types of non-cash assistance increased during the pandemic ...

Peter Singer is well known to have argued for our responsibilities to address global poverty based on an analogy with saving a drowning child. Just as the passerby has a duty to save that child, we ...