In 1988 President Ronald Reagan argued that “the federal government declared a war on poverty, and poverty won”. Thomas Sowell, a 95-year-old economist at the Hoover Institution and social-media ...
Official figures going back to 2018 are set to take billions in under-reported benefits income into account.
Silicon Valley leaders took part in a poverty simulation meant to highlight the hurdles of being poor in one of the ...
When floodwaters washed away Woudou Oumar's home in northern Cameroon, he and his family lost not only shelter but hope. Then ...
The poverty rate in the Syracuse City School District fell more than 8 percentage points between 2023 and 2024, according to ...
In Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, poverty jumped from 28.7% to 35.3% -a surge of nearly one-fourth within a year. The situation in ...
Under Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, there are “fewer families living in poverty” than under her predecessor. The poverty rate under Michigan’s Democratic governor, Gretchen Whitmer, has ranged from ...
The figures from Germany's official statistics office were released in response to a request from the Sahra Wagenknecht ...
Non-cash benefits bring many Americans above the poverty line — and our poverty statistics should reflect that.
Millions have gained access to safe drinking water and sanitation globally, as per the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme report from 2025.