SNAP benefits won't go out Nov. 1 if the government shutdown continues. How many people in Mississippi get help? How much?

Beneath the fact of poverty in America lies something even more ominous: the ideology of necropolitics. In necropolitics, ...

What areas are likely to be impacted most, how officials plan to fill the gap and where those in need can seek food ...

"Climate change, disease, and poverty are all major problems," Gates wrote, adding, "we should deal with them in proportion ...

The southern Indian state of Kerala declared itself free of extreme poverty last Saturday (Nov 1), becoming the first state in the country to achieve the feat ...

A look into the Americans who could be affected by the delay of SNAP food assistance during the government shutdown.

Garbage trucks wait Aug. 14 as homeless people empty their belongs from their tents in Washington. Stephanie W., 28, who is homeless, rests on a foam mattress Aug. 13 as a United States Park Police ...

Thousands of South Sudanese refugees and impoverished locals in Uganda saw a brighter future with a new USAID-funded project.

After five years of running warming shelters for people experiencing homelessness, B The Light in Bartlesville is officially ...

Few world leaders nowadays are putting out the welcome mat for migrants. Instead, many are painting them as criminals, ...

Religious leaders across traditions share principles of caring for the vulnerable and prioritizing common good over ...

In the final hours of the most closely watched race for New York City mayor in recent years, voters were streaming to the ...