Poverty Awareness Month also reminds us that no single organization, program, or sector can address poverty alone, writes ...

The DeFi Education Fund estimated that decentralized finance technology could potentially save people up to $30 billion annually by reducing remittance costs. The DeFi Education Fund, an advocacy ...

Poverty isn’t just a statistic, but a complicated web of challenges encountered by millions worldwide. Yet, it’s often ...

KYEGEGWA, Southwest Uganda — Economist Dean Karlan was perplexed. He'd come to a remote part of Uganda to check on a program he'd helped design to lift people out of extreme poverty. Only things weren ...

This is a story about two very different Massachusettses. One of them is well-educated, affluent, and largely suburban and white, while the other is rural, poor and often Black or brown. Those stark ...

Mayor Mary Sheffield tapped a U of M expert to spearhead her sweeping policy agenda on the systemic issue of poverty. Why it ...

Restructuring local government, improving public transportation and boosting education spending could significantly reduce child poverty in East St. Louis — benefiting over half of the city’s children ...

Mayor Mary Sheffield is reshuffling city departments and has created new positions to tackle poverty and homelessness in the ...

Documentary filmmakers Matt Moyer and Amy Toensing discuss the underlying causes of the opioid epidemic at the Poverty Solutions Series Saturday afternoon. Keith Allen-Melong/Daily. Buy this photo.

As part of an effort to address quality of life issues for Detroit residents, Mayor Mary Sheffield has tapped a University of ...

ZIP codes with the highest poverty levels also experience higher rates of obesity, depression and low birth-weight babies. Limited access to affordable healthy food and transportation to medical ...

Several people gathered for a "data walk" hosted by hosted by LiveWell Douglas County and the Douglas County Community Foundation on Friday, November 15, 2024. As they take a deep look at health and ...