Why a white fast-food worker in Mississippi who never started college is the statistical epitome of a low-wage worker 615_McDonalds_Hiring_Reuters.jpg One in four U.S. workers -- or nearly 40 million ...

Did you know that nearly half of the world’s population survives on less than $6.85 a day? That mind-boggling statistic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Norwegian director Monica Strømdahl spent years traveling across the United States, documenting life in cheap hotels also known as ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — City Council Vice President LaShay D. Harris released a 200+ page report detailing 13 initiatives to enhance the lives of Rochester’s children. A December report by The Children’s ...

CARE CEO Michelle Nunn (pictured here, center right, in Zambia) leads efforts that helped more than 50 million people last year. BY FastCo Works From poverty to wars to climate change, more and more ...

Bill Gates is calling for a change in the fight against climate change by shifting the focus away from reducing carbon emissions to fighting poverty and preventing disease and hunger. In an essay ...

She is trapped like so many others, destitute in the midst of America's abundance. Last week, the Census Bureau released new figures showing that nearly one in six Americans lives in poverty - a ...

According to UNICEF, more than 400 million children globally live in poverty, missing out on at least two daily needs such as nutrition and sanitation. New report warns more children are at risk of ...

Newly published data show that 5.2 million children in the United Kingdom – 36 percent of all children in the country – live in poverty. While the government announced a Child Poverty Taskforce to ...

In Sedgwick County, the need for community support of vulnerable children is a daily reality reflected in human lives and local statistics. Neil Nakahodo File photo Vulnerable children — those ...

Norwegian director Monica Strømdahl spent years traveling across the United States, documenting life in cheap hotels also known as flophouses. Then in 2017, she met 11-year-old Mikal in a hotel lobby.