More Americans are living in difficult circumstances than the official data show, according to a new and sobering gauge of poverty. The new indicator, called the Supplemental Poverty Measure, ...

A book detailing poverty in Oklahoma -- and published more than six years ago -- is still an eerily accurate portrait of the state's economic condition, a consultant for the Oklahoma Institute for ...

A youngster surviving on flavoured milk and noodle broth was hospitalised with malnutrition, which caused a heart condition and led to all her teeth having to be removed. The shocking tale is just one ...

EDITORIAL: Anyone aware of the daily struggle of millions of Pakistanis — shaped by shrinking incomes, rising costs and dwindling opportunities — would hardly be surprised by the latest poverty and ...