Poverty

The history of homelessness in Australia stems back to our nation's colonization by our British counterparts which moved Indigenous Australians...

By: Susan Meyers Chandler and Laurie Arial Tochiki Annually, about 435,000 children across the United States are taken away from...

The 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty attracted little attention in 2015, and the 20th anniversary of welfare reform...

The child welfare system coupled with the juvenile and criminal justice systems have ultimately created and perpetuated the systemic constraints...

Since you began working for the man (your company), you’ve forked over a portion of every paycheck to the man...

Millions of low- and moderate-income Americans who claim certain tax credits will have to wait weeks longer than usual this...

Living in poverty is more than not having enough money to meet an arbitrary threshold. For many, a life in...

America’s recent legacy of trickle down economics has many implications, namely a wide division between the haves and the have-nots....

Despite positive trends showing that homelessness has steadily decreased since 2007, nearly 600,000 people were homeless in the US at...

Subprime loans, adjustable rate mortgages, unregulated equity lines of credit, mentally ill, physically and verbally abused, veterans, runaway children, drug...

In February 2011, thousands of concerned citizens protested with Wisconsin public employees against Governor Scott Walker and the Republican-led legislature...

By Gabe Duverge The poverty rate in the United States is 14.8 percent, based on the latest data from the...

Patches are used to keep something that is worn out still working. For example, you can take a piece of...

As with other groups, there is a stereotype of food stamp, or SNAP benefit, recipients. Many people believe that most...

Credit: Mohammad Ali Fakheri/Flickr Creative Commons Within the next year, between 500,000 and 1 million childless adults without disabilities will...

Foundations for Tomorrow is a community initiative that provides a tiny home community where Huntsville's homeless can reside whilst transitioning...

With poverty and inequality being extremely prominent in the media recently, the Global Citizen’s Festival is well timed to advocate...

This month, on September 22nd, Pope Francis will arrive in America for his first ever visit which will begin in Washington,...

Ask any random social worker on the street what the number one complaint in social work is and they'll say it's...