Nearly a half-billion people in the Asia-Pacific are still malnourished and eliminating hunger by 2030 requires that millions escape food insecurity each month, according to a report released Wednesday by UN agencies.
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A Tennessee county argued Tuesday before the Sixth Circuit to overturn an injunction requiring it to provide bail hearings for indigent defendants who would otherwise be unable to secure their release from jail after being arrested.
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Pope Francis on Sunday decried that the “greed of a few” wealthy people is compounding the plight of the poor, before he shared a meal with the jobless and homeless that has become a tradition of his papacy.
Read moreThe gap between personal incomes in rural farming communities and communities with recreation-based economies is widening in rural America, a new federal report released Wednesday says.
Read moreThe Port Arthur Community Action Network et al. sued the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush, et al. in federal court, claiming they discriminated against poor, minority renters by letting only property owners apply for $5.6 billion in HUD recovery money after Hurricane Harvey.
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The nation’s largest food assistance program does more than help low-income families – it also supports health by preventing premature death among adults, according to a study released Monday.
Read moreA class of South Carolina motorists backed by civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit claiming state officials effectively criminalize poverty by automatically suspending the driver’s licenses of people who can’t pay outstanding traffic tickets or fines.
Read moreThe leaders of the 189-nation International Monetary Fund and its sister organization the World Bank are laying out their visions for the future, hoping to achieve a world with less extreme poverty and more economic growth.
Read moreCourt-ordered community service in Los Angeles County negatively impacts low-income communities of color who can’t afford fines and are forced to choose between the equivalent of three weeks of full-time unpaid work or jail time, a new study says.
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The nation is hurtling toward an economic recession, according to experts at a panel discussion on poverty Tuesday – and they’re bracing for it to hit California especially hard.
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The 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded Monday to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.”
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FEMA buys flood-prone homes more often in wealthy, populous counties than in poor, rural areas, even though lower-income rural areas may be more likely to flood frequently, a new study finds.
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The planet is heating. Island nations are slipping away. A Pakistan-India nuclear war could be a “bloodbath.” Governments aren’t working together like they used to. Polarization is tearing us apart. Killing. Migration. Poverty. Corruption. Inequality. Sovereignty violations. Helplessness. Hopelessness.
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The gap between the haves and have-nots in the United States grew last year to its highest level in more than 50 years of tracking income inequality, according to Census Bureau figures.
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The number of Americans without health insurance grew by 1.9 million in 2018, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday.
Read moreThe Trump administration issued a rule Monday that allows the government to deny green cards or visas to people who rely on public benefit programs, or if they might need such programs, including food stamps, Medicaid and housing subsidies, in the future.
Read moreA federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Wednesday that orders Galveston County, Texas, to provide defense attorneys at bail hearings for poor felony defendants.
Read moreA federal judge refused to dismiss wrongful-death claims against Prince George’s County, Md., involving a severely ill man who died in police custody after being arrested for failing to pay a bus fare.
Read moreThe Pennsylvania Supreme Court announced Monday that it will hold an investigation into whether the Philadelphia bail system suffers from systemic failures.
Read moreDespite the country’s low unemployment rate, 18% of U.S. children, or 13.4 million, are living in poverty and inequities among black, Latino and Native American youth compared to their white peers have persisted for nearly three decades, according to a new report.
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