The U.S. has one of the highest child poverty rates among wealthy nations. Here’s a look at some struggles kids living in poverty face. Kaylie, pictured in the 2012 documentary “Poor Kids” and the ...

Since 1990, the World Bank has reported estimates of the number of people worldwide that live in extreme poverty. This poverty standard is based on how the poorest countries in the world define ...

A disturbing statistic revealing the dismal state of health in America is that more than 40 percent of the population is obese (defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as having a ...

The classic promise of the American dream is that no matter where you grew up, no matter how poor you were as a kid, you can ...