America’s “War on Poverty” has expanded into a vast array of federal social welfare programs that today exceed $1 trillion ...

When we think about poverty in America, a specific image might come to mind, but the reality is often far more complex and widespread than we assume. The data reveals a story that challenges ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But the reality of American politics is that, despite these appeals, most poor people don’t vote against their own interests.

Why is there so much poverty in the richest nation in the world? That’s the question acclaimed sociologist Matthew Desmond sets out to answer with Poverty, by America. The topic is a familiar one for ...

"Parts of the United States are as poor as the Third World" according to a recent United Nations report on global inequality. Any doubts about poverty in America have been erased by the plight of New ...

Inside America's poorest county Posted: February 13, 2026 | Last updated: February 13, 2026 America’s poorest county lies in the Mississippi Delta. We went to Claiborne County to see what life is like ...

In his State of the Union address in 1964, President Lyndon Johnson famously called for “an unconditional war on poverty.” Since then, according to the Census Bureau, the proportion of Americans with ...

The Census Bureau took a baby step toward redefining what is considered poor in America on Tuesday when it released several alternative measurements of poverty, fundamentally revising a ...

A disturbing statistic revealing the dismal state of health in America is that more than 40 percent of the population is obese (defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as having a ...

Now and then, you stumble upon a metric so obviously broken that it forces you to re-evaluate everything you thought you knew about how America works. The latest in a line of such relics is the ...

and government in fighting poverty. He spoke at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Notre Dame: Notre Dame, as a Catholic university, carries forward a great tradition of social teaching.