Over the last 50 years, the proportion of Americans living in poverty has remained virtually unchanged. In 2023, 11 percent of American’s lived below the poverty line. In 1973, that number was also 11 ...

Circles Cobb addresses poverty in the community by applying Circles USA’s model of working alongside individuals who want to become financially stable. Through this program, eight Circle participants ...

In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared “unconditional war on poverty,” and since then, federal spending on anti-poverty initiatives has steadily ballooned. The federal government now devotes ...

Multiple groups that offer recreation programs to families in Windsor worry that the proposed 2026 budget will cut funding ...

Moline will provide funds for a second year to a program that aims to lift people out of poverty through monthly financial payments and other assistance.

How we understand and measure poverty has evolved. From early income-based definitions, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s “capability approach” in the 1980s broadened the concept, viewing poverty not just ...