Robert L. Woodson Sr. is founder and president of the Woodson Center, formerly known as the Center for Neighborhood Enterprise. Over the past 10 years, in spite of massive and growing funding of ...

People with poverty-level family income or increasing debt levels during early adulthood have higher odds of premature death, ...

What makes someone poor? Among those who study poverty, the answer has long been a lack of money. If your income falls below a certain level, you’re poor. Researchers study extreme poverty and chronic ...

Certain types of cancer are linked to areas with high poverty, according to a new study, and many of those types of cancer are more lethal than those found in wealthier areas. Published Tuesday in the ...

The United States is slowly trying to piece itself back together after being ravaged by an unrelenting pandemic (which still is not over, by the way, so people need to start acting like it), a racial ...

I am not convinced the reason why politicians decline to address poverty is because the poor vote in low numbers [Editorial: Where’s the debate over childhood poverty? Jan. 28]. I believe they dodge ...

The inaugural “Faces of Poverty” summit Saturday, May 18 will focus on generational and situational poverty, as well as changing the perception and reducing stigma associated with poverty. The summit, ...

Poverty is a condition in which individuals or communities lack the resources and access for basic necessities which is required for a minimum standard of living. Poverty isn't just about not having ...

The word “poverty” conjures up images of rundown houses and blighted neighborhoods, ragged clothes and empty cupboards. But try instead to see poverty as having a face. Whose face would that be? It ...

Adults who experience poverty-level family income-whether sustained or intermittent-over two decades spanning young to ...