Poverty

The evil of ecological devastation is directly connected to the evils of systemic racism, poverty and inequality, and the distorted moral narrative that prevents us from addressing these issues.

Celebrities and media figures weighed in after James Corden ridiculed fellow late-night TV host Bill Maher over a "fat-shaming" segment in which Maher said overweight Americans should be criticized and not simply accepted.

On National Food Bank Day, marked on the first Friday in September, you can help contribute to the cause that believes no-one should go to bed hungry.

Meet a pastor who is making sure women in his community have not only a way to get to work but a key source of independence and self-respect.

Any criteria for success must focus on the lives of Baltimoreans.

No one understands the intentional containment of poor people—whether in my home of Baltimore or at the U.S.-Mexico border—better than a developer.

Critics of President Trump and his labeling of Baltimore as "disgusting" began posting pictures to social media showing Republican-controlled areas rife with homelessness, poverty and masses of garbage.

A new UN report examined "multidimensional poverty," which includes factors like poor health, lack of education, inadequate living conditions and the ongoing threat of violence.

Forty-three states suspend or revoke driver's licenses for failure to pay court-imposed debt, which only further inhibits poor Americans' ability to come up with the cash.

Some low-wage workers are reluctant to accept promotions or raises because it will reduce their amount of government housing assistance and make it harder to make ends meet.

Mazi Ghorbani is an entrepreneur and inventor whose latest venture involves creating a sustainable protein derived from fish in an effort to combat childhood hunger.

The congresswoman took the common tropes about being poor to task in a thread on Twitter Saturday.

"Oh my god, there's a lot of poverty in this world, and you're going to have people from all over the world. And I don't think that's something that we can do at this point," Senator Bernie Sanders, a 2020 presidential contender, said in Iowa.

"Where are these figures from?" asked Kremlin press secretary Dimitry Peskov.

If you don't know where to go or when to show up, then how do you get the help you need? FoodFinder, a nonprofit mobile app, aims to deliver information to families in need to let them know exactly when and where they can receive free food assistance nearby.

The Russian black market is the same size as its total federal spending budget for 2019.

Almost half of women had to choose between eating or buying sanitary care products.

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi put forward the suggestion that physical education should be included as a core component of education across the country, but he has drawn criticism for the way he presented his remarks.

There's a very good reason America's richest would prefer you not to know just how wealthy they are—and a pretty good way to find out regardless.

About 7 percent of the U.S. population are veterans.

For Muhammad Abdul Qadir, there was only despair in discovering that he was rich.

Comments such as "best to leave if off," "I'd not get into this" and "you may want to rethink this" were left by the president's own economic advisers in the margins of a draft economic statement and largely ignored.

Experts predict that there may be more than 140 million climate migrants moving within their countries by 2050.

"No detail is spared in the décor—every room is lined with gold, onyx, brass and silver accents, hand-applied special finishes of gold leaf trim at cornices, hand-painted silk artwork panels and magnificent crystal chandeliers."

Over the last half-century, some $22 trillion has been spent on anti-poverty programs and yet the percentage of poor in this nation remains unchanged.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has proposed changes that could cut off internet and phone service to 8 million Americans, many of them Puerto Ricans recovering from Hurricane Irma.

King was working to broaden the scope of the civil rights movement to include poverty and the end of the war in Vietnam.

Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is a Trump supporter with a history of controversial comments.

"Rarely invited to sit at the table they serve," one nun said.

Estimates suggest that almost half of all U.S. jobs are at risk of being replaced by AI.