The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

Millions of people live paycheck to paycheck, feeling trapped by financial hardship. People develop poverty myths through internalization of false beliefs that do not stem from money shortages. The beliefs people hold about poverty create barriers that limit their choices and block their path toward achieving financial security. People need…

Ali Akbar of Rawalpindi, Pakistan, has been hawking newspapers in Paris’s Left Bank district for more than five decades. While sales are dwindling, the job has allowed him to lift his family out of poverty and earned him a knighthood – a testament to a local legend, and the end…

The government shutdown is not an accident. Trump’s budget would push millions into poverty and must be stopped

The amount Texans will pay toward their ACA premiums will likely rise more steeply, with enhanced subsidies set to expire.

Figures show 21 per cent of children living in hygiene poverty avoid playing with others for fear of being judged

France experienced a record surge in homeless deaths in 2024, with 912 people dying while living without stable housing, according to figures released Thursday by the collective Les Morts de la Rue.

Signatories of open letter include National Children’s Bureau, Barnardo’s and celebrities such as Emilia Clarke

Latest deprivation index shows how geography and housing costs shape inequality more than policy ever has

The hospital bath mix-up that stole an entire life.

Letters: Dr Carole Easton and Dr Steve Cushion say that we should not pit one disadvanted group against another when it comes to the government’s funding priorities

Despite international efforts to eliminate child marriage, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to have high rates of this harmful practice.