In his recent TED talk, Bono said that extreme poverty could be virtually eliminated by 2030, adding: “2030 is just around the corner. It’s about three Rolling Stones farewell concerts away.” A new ...

The U.S. Census Bureau has released its latest report into income and poverty across the United States. It found that median household income stood at $63,179 in 2018 while the median earnings of all ...

A new report from by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, "Out of Reach 2015," determined that minimum wage workers in the United States cannot afford rent for a one-bedroom apartment at the ...

The country’s most overweight people often live in places where there isn’t access to healthy things to eat. And if there was, they probably couldn’t afford it anyway. Food insecurity is a simple idea ...

Charity group Oxfam has warned that the economic fallout from the coronavirus could push an extra half a billion people into poverty unless urgent and dramatic action is taken. The research was ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. This week’s Forefront story explores Oakland’s changing ...

This infographic shares key finding from the Zambia Poverty and Equity Assessment: Turning Things Around After a Lost Decade. Despite relatively higher GDP per capita, 70.7% of the population lives on ...

An infographic from Melissa Boteach shows how low-wage workers are left out of the promise of affordable health coverage in states that refuse Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion. Patient Luis Gutierrez, ...

On Jan. 19, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates tweeted an infographic claiming that the percent of people living in extreme poverty dropped from 94 percent in 1820 to 10 percent today. “This is one ...

This map was made to accompany an article by Circle of Blue reporter Aubrey Ann Parker: War on Water: A Clash Over Oil, Power and Poverty in the Niger Delta. Parker is an undergraduate student at the ...

On the campaign trail, Donald Trump has often recited statistics about the economic plight of African-Americans, arguing that Democrats have done little to improve the lives of one of their core ...