More than 1.2 million adults were living in working poverty in 2025, meaning employment income alone was not enough to lift ...

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 ...

Silicon Valley leaders took part in a poverty simulation meant to highlight the hurdles of being poor in one of the wealthiest regions in the world.

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

Around 1. 9 million people with a higher education qualification in Germany were at risk of poverty in 2025, around 350,000 more than in 2022, according to data from the Federal Statistical Office ...

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 ...

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

In a country where 29 per cent of the population — around 70 million people — survive below the poverty line of Rs8,484 per month, according to the HIES, the ruling elite has no qualms about indulging ...

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 ...