Children who grow up in poor communities or impoverished homes tend to develop a “scarcity mindset” that informs their emotional well-being and decision-making skills, even into adulthood. The ...

As election-year ads and social media campaigns focus on politicians’ personalities, Rev. William J. Barber II and other advocates for the poor want voters to look instead at policies they say divide ...

-- Even among those with employer-sponsored insurance, the greatest cohort reporting medical or dental debt were those in the ...

1."How it grinds people into dust. Between the malnourishment, housing insecurity, direct/secondary/generational trauma, abject exploitation by finance, poor health ...

Being able to work and, more specifically, having financial stability are some of the things that craft a person’s societal “deservingness” for basic respect, understanding, and support, according to ...

Nearly 1 in 5 people in the world lives in poverty. Even in many developed countries such as the United States, poverty rates exceed 12%. In an age of breathtaking technological progress and dynamic ...

4."How expensive being poor actually is. Cheap stuff breaks faster, payday loans wreck your finances, and you can’t afford to buy in bulk or take advantage of deals. You end up paying more for ...

Sixty years ago, Life photographer John Dominis traveled to eastern Kentucky, where he captured shocking and raw photographs of deprivation—the target of President Lyndon Johnson’s recently announced ...

RECENTLY, a video of a child being grabbed and seemingly forced to pose for a photo with a gift he received from the Mohameds appeared on social media. The ...

The current crisis builds on decades of neoliberal plunder and economic austerity authored by both conservative and liberal politicians. Activists hold a rally outside of the US Supreme Court Building ...