A new report suggests poverty has "deepened" in the UK.

Advocates for a new state tax cut for low- and middle-income households with children are intensifying their push in this ...

As Hawaii edges into what economists describe as a mild recession, social service providers say growing economic uncertainty ...

Republicans and Democrats both acknowledge the erosion of the middle class. They differ on solutions to the problem. Left out of the public discourse discussion are the poor who, both parties seem to ...

As children started school this month, many could look back on carefree summer days. Some New York children enjoyed sleepaway camp, or a beach vacation, or playing in the pool this summer. Yet others ...

A recent analysis of a major developmental dataset reveals that children who play musical instruments over several years ...

The focus on the blistering effects of poverty in California can sometimes obscure a larger truth: Poverty rates overall have been declining, not growing—and for decades now. “You do have to squint a ...

Income inequality has significantly increased in the United States since the 1980s (Pew Research Center, 2020). The wealth gap between America’s richest and poorer families more than doubled between ...

This article aimed to examine and compare ways of counteracting poverty in the Polish lands after both world wars. Based on ...