During the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. government has pumped unprecedented amounts of financial relief to American households to stave off potential economic disaster. Photo Credit: Nickolay ...

More than $90,000 for poverty relief has been distributed to 16 programs and agencies in the Catholic Diocese of Allentown. The money comes from the Poverty Relief Fund collection taken up in the 89 ...

The world has an ambitious goal to end extreme poverty by 2030. But, without good poverty data, it is impossible to know whether we are making progress, or whether programs and policies are reaching ...

Throughout history, peoples have migrated from one place to another, prompted by different factors and using different means to reach their destinations. Migration has therefore long been a topic of ...

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 ...

Recent literature has increasingly addressed the issues of fuel poverty and, more inclusively, energy poverty. At various institutional levels—particularly national governments—there has been a ...

These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. Why is there so much ...