Toxic stresses combined with poor infrastructure threaten hundreds of thousands of residents of U.S. communities on the Mexican border, according to new research that examines living conditions in the impoverished colonias.
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Washington state has sued a Catholic hospital system on charges it demanded up-front payment from poor patients and failed to disclose information about discounted services, while bringing in $674 million in operating revenue.
Read moreThe widely touted health benefits of the Mediterranean Diet comes with a surprising caveat – it works best if you’re rich.
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Actor Jeff Bridges joined governors from Western states at the Western Governors’ Association conference this week to discuss how the states are addressing childhood hunger.
Read moreBlasting the unpayable bond levied against a Haitian fleeing violence, a New York federal judge expanded the ban Wednesday on indefinite immigration detention.
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The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal class-action lawsuit claiming a South Carolina county operates a debtors’ prison by jailing people for being unable to pay court fines and letting them linger for weeks before a court hearing.
Read moreAn Arkansas couple says they are being ordered to leave their community because their $1,500 trailer is too cheap to comply with a new city ordinance that criminalizes struggling residents “simply because they are poor.”
Read moreA federal judge found it premature to enjoin redevelopment of a Washington, D.C., apartment complex that families worry will force out poorer residents.
Read moreOver one in four children in the European Union – 25 million kids – is at risk of poverty or social exclusion due to low household income and lack of steady work for parents, Eurostat reported Wednesday.
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