WASHINGTON — Consumer advocates in Virginia and around the country are trying to chart a new path forward as a federal ...

On a sunny Thursday afternoon in March, a dozen or so students in a classroom at Kenneth D. Bailey Academy (KDBA) in Danville participate in a Zoom call. They’re taking turns asking social worker ...

Georgia is one of only six states that does not allocate state funds to students in poverty. That could soon be changing – kind of.

A unique analysis of district-level data reveals why inequality is so destructive to the home consumption welfare of people ...

This graph compares negative economic growth and positive economic growth; and their impact on the poor or on poverty reduction. We see that when the economy is growing positively, poverty reduction ...

The World Bank’s new mission is to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet. The "Poverty, Prosperity, and Planet. Pathways Out of the Polycrisis" report evaluates progress ...

The attacks on foreign assistance & USAID are already having life or death consequences for millions of people globally, cutting off critical food, water, medicine, sanitation, and more.

By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor Kofler, who has two children, one of them a foster child, shows the world through Gina’s eyes with a focus on how poverty, social problems and trauma are ...

"From the Heart of Europe: Austria on Screen" promises to bring "an eclectic mix from hard-hitting drama to absurdist comedy" to the Scottish film festival. By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor ...

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa sought to salvage international talks on tackling global poverty on Wednesday as finance chiefs from several leading economies skipped a gathering of Group of 20 ...

The share of New Yorkers in poverty is nearly double the national average, according to a report from Columbia University and an anti-poverty group. By Benjamin Oreskes Benjamin Oreskes reported ...