poverty

Bob Woodson has dedicated the past forty years to helping people in impoverished communities overcome the social ills that surround them, from crime to drug addiction. In an area that ...

Bob Woodson, an American civil rights activist and community development leader, detailed some of the principles he's gleaned ...

Ian Lee, associate professor at Sprott School of Business at Carleton University, told the House of Commons Finance ...

LATUR, India—A direct effect of months of pandemic-related lockdown in rural parts of India has been a dramatic ...

IRVINE, Calif.—As businesses permanently close and families struggle to make ends meet this holiday season, many in Orange ...

Commentary I was a teenager, growing up in the Richard Allen housing project of North Philadelphia, when Emmett ...

Commentary During the Great Depression of the 1930s in Manitoba, my father, then in his teens, knew a ...

Median household income rose by nearly 7 percent in 2019 from the year before, the Census Bureau reported ...

The “Cliff Village” in Liangshan prefecture, Sichuan Province, is one of many hamlets in southwestern China where the ...

The wealth gap, or wealth inequality, is posited as a major issue of our times.

The word "China" may bring to mind bustling cities like Shanghai and Beijing. But a political campaign has ...

Pandemic-related lockdowns in developing countries may reduce 100 million people to grinding poverty while causing suffering and death ...

Commentary I laughed when I saw The Washington Post headline: “Minneapolis had progressive policies, but its economy still ...

Commentary Some people might wonder why the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) wants to take over Hong Kong regardless ...

“The 1619 Project” published by New York Times Magazine has been described by several Civil War scholars as ...

What is the Foster Youth to Independence (FYI) Initiative, and how is it being used to put an ...

The death of a 24-year-old Chinese woman on Jan. 13 because of severe malnutrition is sparking widespread outrage ...

Commentary Time is one of the most fascinating and impactful aspects of our human experience. Calendars and clocks ...

Commentary As we embark on a new decade, do we approach the 2020s with hope or with a ...

Commentary Wealth-redistribution schemes “end up redistributing poverty,” economist Thomas Sowell once said. While he was referring to individuals, ...

According to Star Parker, why is it actually a good thing that President Trump inflames the culture war ...

Joseph Brooks grew up on the east side of San Antonio, Texas in a violent neighborhood controlled by ...

California continues to lead the nation in poverty, according to a recent Census Bureau report. The report (pdf), ...

In an interview with The Hill, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) spoke on the future relationship between the United States ...

Americans in the bottom 20 percent of income-earners buy more consumer goods and services than the national averages ...

Commentary Poverty is one of the oldest problems in the world. For much of history, it was intractable ...

China’s Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development have openly denounced authorities in two poverty-stricken counties for spending hundreds ...