The Chancellor denied there will be further tax rises or spending cuts at the autumn budget in order to balance the books.

Poverty led to social problems across America. Dr Martin Luther King Jnr blamed poverty as a cause of the Watts Riots in Los Angeles in 1965.

The world has made tremendous progress in reducing extreme poverty. The percentage of people living in extreme poverty globally fell to a new low of 10 percent in 2015 — the latest number available — ...

This metric relies on data from the U.S. Census Bureau, which determines poverty rates by calculating the share of people in a state whose family or individual income falls below poverty thresholds.

Absolutely not. Bernie Sanders often claims that America has the highest child-poverty rate of any advanced democracy in the world. He uses this fact to justify his call for a European-style ...

"Behind these numbers is an Alabama child. I hope we never forget what's at stake when we look at these numbers." ...

This clip could be used to illustrate socio-economic issues within the USA. In the clip, Alvin says “Poverty could decrease if people stopped being lazy.” Encourage students to discuss their ...

Of those living in poverty, over 800 million people live in extreme poverty, surviving on less than US $1.25 a day. Skip to main content Toggle navigation Welcome to the United Nations ...

The World Bank’s Poverty and Shared Prosperity series provides the latest estimates and trends in global poverty and shared prosperity. The 2022 edition provides the first comprehensive look at the ...

Kansas school officials "appreciate the federal government recognizing" that "education is a state issue," but raised ...

President Donald Trump kicked off the process of dismantling the Department of Education by signing an executive order on ...