The number of Americans living in poverty has gone up for the first time in years, the U.S. Census Bureau announced Tuesday. Experts caution the trend, including an increasing child poverty rate, ...

To increase empathy and help the public be better prepared to address the issue, local leaders are hosting a poverty ...

Spencer Platt / Getty Images A Nepalese immigrant in his early 40s described the stress and uncertainty he felt during college about how to afford rent, food and tuition despite having a scholarship.

Creek Street, the historic boardwalk in Ketchikan, Alaska. Alaska did not have the highest outright poverty rate. But it did experience a shocking increase in poverty among people aged 65 and older ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Prevalence of heart disease risk factors ranged from 1.4% to 17.5% in people living in extreme poverty. The ...

Alecia Reid is an award-winning, Emmy-nominated reporter for CBS News New York. She is a sustainability and social justice advocate; passionate about giving a voice to people who may not otherwise be ...