Earlier this month, the eyes of our nation turned briefly to those whom the Bible calls “the least of these.” The U.S. Bureau of the Census revealed that nearly one of every six Americans is now ...

The need for job creation to help fight poverty and drive development has never been greater. Urgent, deliberate action to spur private sector growth can strengthen economic and social stability, ...

Jane Addams Resource Corporation (JARC) of Chicago is a leading expert in job training, offering a manufacturing bridge program to un- and underemployed adults while similtaneously helping them raise ...

Washington, D.C. — Fifty years after President Lyndon B. Johnson declared an “unconditional War on Poverty,” a new poll released on a press call today by Half in Ten and the Center for American ...

Reverend Paul Trudeau, with City Hope staff. City Hope, located in San Francisco's Tenderloin district, practices a "radical hospitality", welcoming and feeding anyone off the street, connecting with ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Poverty is not an intractable problem; it can be eradicated ...

It is a critical time in America. The recession has been tough, especially for young Black Americans who are faced with bleak job prospects, exorbitant student loans and overwhelming hopelessness.

Three times since the year 2000 — during the spring of 2005, in July 2015, and most recently through the late summer of this year — America’s official unemployment rate hit 5.2 percent. But while ...

ELMORE COUNTY, Ala. (WSFA) - Many of your fellow Alabamians hold multiple jobs to make ends meet. Janet Strouse is among them. She works at the Elmore County Food Pantry to help provide meals to ...

(The Root) — Despite all the rhetoric about reclaiming the American dream for middle-class Americans in this past presidential election, Barack Obama has done more for lower-income Americans than any ...