Poverty and mental illness are not only linked, but there is also a causal relationship. This is the conclusion of researchers from Amsterdam UMC, the University of Edinburgh and the University of ...

Milwaukee has a poverty problem that usually doesn’t trigger outrage until something shocking happens – which happened on Sept. 16 when police discovered six children, ages 2 months to 9 years, locked ...

Matthew Desmond’s experiences growing up in poverty prompted him to take a stand as a poverty abolitionist. “Ending poverty is gonna require new policies and new political movements, but it also will ...

Over the past half-century, virtually all aspects of social life have deteriorated in America. We spend less time with fewer friends, form fewer families and have turned away from organized civic life ...

LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 30: Rosanna Arquette and Maxine Waters attend 'Families Belong Together - Freedom for Immigrants March Los Angeles' at Los Angeles City Hall on June 30, 2018 in Los Angeles, ...

–Why hardship cannot be made to testify against the reforms that seek to dismantle the conditions that produced itBy Tanimu Yakubu The seduction of the wrong conclusionRelated NewsDIG Mohammed Gumel ...

Can poverty exacerbate mental health problems among the youngest family members? A new study by an international team, including a researcher from SWPS University, demonstrates that financial problems ...

For the richest country in history, poverty in America remains jarringly widespread. Taking government assistance into account, one in eight American adults was classified as poor on the eve of the ...

Princeton University sociologist Matthew Desmond explores why poverty persists in America — and how to end it — in his new book, "Poverty, By America." Why does poverty persist in America, the richest ...

It takes one look at state data to see that Lucas County has a poverty problem. As many Toledoans live below the poverty line a new University of Toledo study is offering insight on the issue. "[This] ...