In 2024, 175,000 working people in the Netherlands lived in poverty, 26,000 more than the year before. After fixed expenses, ...

Being able to work and, more specifically, having financial stability are some of the things that craft a person’s societal “deservingness” for basic respect, understanding, and support, according to ...

New York, 17 October 2025 – Nearly 8 in 10 people living in multidimensional poverty – 887 million out of 1.1 billion globally – are directly exposed to climate hazards such as extreme heat, flooding, ...

As of 2023, 39% of Westchester families lived below the poverty line or were the working poor, barely making ends meet, according to a United Way study. The United Way calculates real local costs and ...

While it's true that many people who grow up experiencing poverty tend to be less financially stable later in life, there are still financial habits and frugal mentalities that can healthily follow ...

Evidence from India, Niger, and Zambia shows lasting income gains and strong returns from economic inclusion programs— generating up to $3.8 in benefits for every $1 invested within 10 years. Now more ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — 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 ...

The City of New York hit another milestone last week in its underlying ongoing crisis: poverty. This marker came in the form of the latest report from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. It ...

The U.S. has one of the highest child poverty rates among wealthy nations. Here’s a look at some struggles kids living in poverty face. Kaylie, pictured in the 2012 documentary “Poor Kids” and the ...

An event at Mary Baldwin University in Staunton next week aims to help students and the broader community better understand the struggles to put food on the table with rising costs of housing, ...

The Public Accounts Committee has raised concerns that "unacceptably poor service levels could continue for some time" unless ...