New poverty data reveals that anti-poverty programs are working, but also offers a troubling glimpse of what's ahead. The 2024 U.S. Census Supplemental Poverty Measure shows that the Earned Income Tax ...

OPINION: A series of anti-poverty policies and programs in response to the pandemic offers a glimpse of what is possible when we center the needs of the poor in public policy Hundreds were arrested ...

How can researchers measure poverty and understand local development needs in places where conventional data collection is ...

Majority Leader Isaac Bryan (California District 55) and Mayor Michael Tubbs (Founder, End Poverty in California) with Greg Kauffman (EPIC) and Jacob Kornbluth (Filmmaker) at the Poverty and Power ...

Matthew Desmond is a Princeton University professor and the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, a Pulitzer Prize, a PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award, and a National Book Critics Circle award. His ...

Poverty. It’s a political issue. It’s a social justice issue. And it’s an education issue. In fact, it’s the elephant in the room whenever we talk about education in America. And a mighty elephant it ...

Labour has delayed a flagship plan designed to cut child poverty until the autumn, in a move that could leave tens of thousands on the brink. Just weeks after coming to power, ministers said they ...

The World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund will hold their annual meetings next week in Washington, DC. It is ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development recognizes poverty as the “greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development.” To eradicate it, coordinated efforts ...