In 2021, over 30% of families in the U.S. headed by Black mothers lived below the poverty line. Magnolia Mother’s Trust is trying to address this problem with monthly stipends.
G.I.V.E. program executive director, Burgess Peoples, talks with PBS News Hour Weekend about financial opportunities in Gary, Indiana.
Rev. William J. Barber has long tackled the issues of race, poverty and hatred through his political activism and his role as Co-Chair of the Poor People's Campaign. However, COVID-19 has brought to light deep-rooted fissures in our country's treatment…
Our partners from Amanpour & Company report that at the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, many college students struggled to balance school and work.
Raj Chetty believes he may have found a way to reignite the American Dream. Using "Big Data," Chetty says we can offer equality of opportunity to kids of disadvantaged backgrounds. The renowned Harvard Professor has received plaudits for his work…
In rural Wilkesboro, North Carolina, nearly a quarter of residents live in poverty, well above the national rate. Residents there say their needs and concerns are not being discussed in the national political dialogue, which means for some, they won’t…
Six Republican presidential candidates met in Columbia, S.C. on Saturday to discuss an issue more closely associated with the party of F.D.R. and L.B.J. -- poverty. The forum was moderated by Sen. Tim Scott and House Speaker Paul Ryan, who…
On a moral level, most Americans agree that we should help the poor, but how exactly we go about it has become one of the most divisive issues in politics — and that’s saying a lot these days. The divide…
The World Bank recently set the standard for extreme poverty at $1.90 per day, and declared that, for the first time, less than 10 percent of the global population will be living below that line by the end of this…