Why isn’t everyone in dire poverty, hungry, diseased, illiterate, missing teeth, eking out a subsistence existence in the wilderness, and making do with Stone Age technology? After all, that’s how we ...

On Tuesday, Gov. Josh Shapiro will deliver his first annual state budget address to the Pennsylvania General Assembly. While he hasn’t unveiled the details of his proposal, Shapiro has signaled that ...

While many of us are starting fresh with New Year’s resolutions, it's important to remember that for many, just surviving another day is a struggle. Poverty isn’t just about a lack of income — it's a ...

When the British flooded China with opium in the nineteenth century, they did not merely poison a people; they paralyzed a civilization. China’s national will was broken, its economy dismantled, and ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A nonprofit is working tirelessly in the Twin Cities and across the country to help break the cycle of poverty for moms and their kids. The Jeremiah Program was founded in the 90s in ...

It’s hard to save money. “I have a daughter that goes to after-school care that I have to pay for,” one Pennsylvania mother said. “I have the gas to get to work. I have to pay fees for the turnpike to ...

Five years ago, around 650 million people lived in poverty across the globe. Today, that number has climbed to more than 800 million. In other words, one out of every ten people on Earth still ...

The World Bank’s new mission is to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet. The "Poverty, Prosperity, and Planet. Pathways Out of the Polycrisis" report evaluates progress ...

Census figures last year showed Reading to be the poorest city of its size in the country. Census figures last year showed Reading to be the poorest city of its size in the country. Now, members of ...

Growing up without money affects how you live on a daily basis in childhood, and it can have long-term effects into adulthood, even when you begin to have enough money to make ends meet. When you move ...

In only a single generation, Singapore transformed from a struggling port city into one of the wealthiest and most ...

Cornwall Alliance President E. Calvin Beisner condemned climate alarmist "colonialism," arguing for prosperity enabled by ...