When it was first developed in 1963, the poverty threshold was set at the cost of a minimal diet defined by the U.S.

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 ...

Non-cash benefits bring many Americans above the poverty line — and our poverty statistics should reflect that.

Posters featuring portraits of several world leaders line a road in Johannesburg, South Africa, on November 20, 2025, ahead of the G20 summit to be held there. Credit: AP foto/Themba Hadebe ...

The poverty rate in the Syracuse City School District fell more than 8 percentage points between 2023 and 2024, according to ...

California families and advocates are urging state lawmakers to take bold action to reduce poverty and protect residents from federal funding cuts, by investing in proven anti-poverty tools such as ...

The deepening economic crisis has hit children the hardest. While one in three children is at risk of poverty, two million children live in conditions of deep poverty. 950,000 children are working, ...

Millions have gained access to safe drinking water and sanitation globally, as per the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme report from 2025.

Poverty in Pakistan has surged to an 11-year high of 29 per cent, while income inequality has reached its highest level in 27 years, as people's real incomes and consumption nosedived during the past ...