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From the Gulf Coast to the Great Plains and Pacific Northwest, people living in these 10 states might struggle with money.

The number of Americans living in poverty has gone up for the first time in years, the U.S. Census Bureau announced Tuesday. Experts caution the trend, including an increasing child poverty rate, ...

Spencer Platt / Getty Images A Nepalese immigrant in his early 40s described the stress and uncertainty he felt during college about how to afford rent, food and tuition despite having a scholarship.

For those taking in the “Step Into Someone Else’s Shoes” Poverty Simulation, seeing what it’s like to live in poverty was a ...

Alecia Reid is an award-winning, Emmy-nominated reporter for CBS News New York. She is a sustainability and social justice advocate; passionate about giving a voice to people who may not otherwise be ...

WalletHub has listed neediest cities in the country, based on child poverty, food insecurity and uninsured rates. One Mississippi city is in the Top 10.

Kentucky Youth Advocates released the 2025 Kentucky KIDS COUNT Data Dashboard today, featuring county-level data on child ...

Rise largely linked to discontinuation of energy allowance, a temporary support measure introduced during energy crisis - ...

About 551,000 people in the Netherlands were living in poverty in 2024, equivalent to 3.1% of the population, new figures ...

Note: Poverty status is determined for individuals in housing units and noninstitutional group quarters. It is unavailable for children younger than 15 who are not related to the householder, people ...