Struggling with poverty is hard enough on its own, but many of America's poor now face an array of costs that wealthier citizens often don't incur. Take the rise of for-profit probation companies ...

Merriam-Webster defines poverty as ‘the state of being poor.’ While this definition seems simple enough, defining poverty as it applies to our world in 2015 is not quite so cut and dry.

Lena Silver, an advocate for the poor in Los Angeles County, points out that the cards being used to issue the so-called Middle Class Tax Refund by the state do use secure chips. And yet that kind ...

Horne retroactively changes Primavera to alternative-school status, which could help the online charter giant as it appeals ...

It’s certainly understandable. In America’s consumer culture, your station in life often comes down to what you can buy. But feeling poor is a state of mind that more money won’t cure.The ...

15."Auto insurance makes poor people pay higher rates; it doesn't matter what their driving record is. Banks won't give loans." 16."On the mental health side of things, being poor is incredibly ...

The SHRC report highlighted issues with access to healthcare across the Highlands and Islands regions | Katharine Hay The state of the health service in these regions was also poor, with the ...