SAGINAW, Mich. (WNEM) — Community leaders and volunteers in Saginaw are looking to inspire change through an interactive experience. The group took part in a community action poverty simulation at the ...

The “harsh realities” of poverty in St. Louis, according to a Legal Services of Eastern Missouri report, are visible during events including the annual Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis MLK Food ...

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, one in ten older adults in the U.S. — or 5.9 million individuals 65 or over — lives in poverty, although the percentage varies from state to state. In the District ...

In the United States, 42 million people live in poverty. Nearly 40% of single-mother households are impoverished, and alarmingly, 1 in 3 children raised in poverty stay impoverished through adulthood.

Forty percent of Rochester's kids live in poverty, according to a recent report from the U.S. Census Bureau. Local leaders want to change that. A delegation of local elected officials, including ...

Thea Jaffe never expected to use a baby bank. In fact, she was responsible for referring other single parents from her local community group to the charity Little Village, which provides essential ...

Norwegian director Monica Strømdahl spent years traveling across the United States, documenting life in cheap hotels also known as flophouses. Then in 2017, she met 11-year-old Mikal in a hotel lobby.

Can you afford to live in Mississippi? Most people need to make more than the federal minimum wage to afford groceries and pay bills without help. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's living ...

The record-high life expectancy comes on the heels of former Mayor Eric Adams’ HealthyNYC initiative, which targets the key ...

The Social Metrics Commission (SMC) annual report reveal a staggering increase in social inequality in the UK. In 2022/23, more than 16 million people, almost a quarter of the population (24 percent) ...