In 2022, the District of Columbia launched Strong Families, Strong Futures, a $1.5 million pilot program to provide financial assistance to new and expecting low-income mothers. The program drew over ...

Boaventura Monjane holds a PhD on Postcolonialisms and Global Citizenship (Sociology), from the Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra. He is a fellow at the Institute for Poverty, Land and ...

In a government school in rural Telangana or an urban slum in Hyderabad, morning assembly is often interrupted by a familiar ...

ABSTRACT: In this paper, we have used consumption expenditure survey data for 2011-2012, 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 focussing on rural poverty. Apart from the headcount ratio, we have used alternative ...

ABSTRACT: Poverty is one of the world’s greatest challenges, hence the conceptualisation of its causes and solutions are critical to policy and academic debate. The emergency the Capability Approach ...

How much does an American family of four need to earn to avoid poverty? According to the Census Bureau, $32,130. But what if it were really $140,000? Late last month, the investor and Substack writer ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Aisha Nyandoro is a leading voice on equitable economic policies. It’s time to retire the outdated federal poverty line and ...

One might expect researchers to have settled the question long ago of whether poverty causes crime. On the surface, the answer seems obvious. A correlation certainly exists: anyone working in the ...

Researchers from the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute have produced the first national estimate of how many medical students would be affected by new federal loan restrictions imposed by the 2025 ...

BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 5 (UPI) --Income-based poverty in Argentina fell to 36.3% of the population in the third quarter of this year, down from 45.6% in the same period in 2024, according to a report from ...

Wall Street strategist Michael Green caused a stir on social media last week with his outlandish claim that the federal poverty line should be raised to cover individuals earning as much as $140,000 ...

Alternative Answers in the Political Rorschach Test of Alex Pretti’s Death Trump’s Minneapolis Troubles Are a Sign of Things to Come Audio By Carbonatix Portfolio manager Michael W. Green begins his ...