Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. New Census Bureau data highlights sharp contrasts in poverty across the U.S., with some states reporting rates nearly ...

Since 1990, the World Bank has reported estimates of the number of people worldwide that live in extreme poverty. This poverty standard is based on how the poorest countries in the world define ...

Here's the good news from the Brookings Institute: global poverty of the $1.25 a day or less variety has been on retreat--over half a billion people have made it out of such poverty in the developing ...