Lydiah Kithure grew up seeing her dad and mum struggle for their family of five children. Now she is doing well, and she ...

Families aren’t failing the poverty line—the poverty line is failing them. How outdated metrics mask today’s economic reality ...

Pamela Kirabo’s fortunes have changed for the better now that she earns a few hundred dollars as a domestic worker in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). “Life is good,” she said in a WhatsApp message to ...

Figuring out the insurance options for families often falls to women. Some say they're delaying marriage, taking side jobs, ...

Author details life with an abusive radical preacher father, a terminally ill mother and six siblings while she struggled to remain focused on the "pretty road" DALLAS, Dec. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A ...

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From a childhood shaped by poverty in Kisii, Dr Jessica Benson has risen to become the founder of a university in New Jersey, USA Her journey from struggle to academic leadership is inspiring ...

PINE RIDGE, S.D. — In July 1999, when a sitting U.S. president visited an Indian reservation for the first time in 63 years, Geraldine Blue Bird was in the spotlight. As he heard about conditions on ...

There is something poverty does to you! This is a common phrase, and, Dr. Lilian Gogo used these exact words to describe what propelled her to where she is today. For Hon. Dr. Lilian Gogo, there was ...

The U.S. poverty line, the number that the Department of Health and Human Services says is necessary to keep a family out of poverty, is $32,150 for a family of four. Green says it should be more than ...