The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

Poverty, by America author Matthew Desmond says if the top 1% of Americans paid the taxes they owed, it would raise $175 billion each year: "That is just about enough to pull everyone out of poverty."

Poverty in Australia is highly gendered and affects single parents, migrants and people living with a disability at above average rates, a new study has found.

Report on 3 million people living below the breadline shows welfare payments are ‘totally inadequate’ and action is needed in May budget, Acoss says

Charities should be open to fair criticism, but the reaction to our inclusive language guide was offensive and divisive, says Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, chief executive of Oxfam GB

The cost of London rentals has risen by 16 per cent in a year, triggering a nightmarish reality of no-fault evictions, unprecedented competition and tenants being pushed into poverty. Emma Magnus meets those on the frontline

Liberal and Labor MPs Bridget Archer and Alicia Payne unite in call for welfare boost

The supermarket has added hygiene products to its Good to Give range after research showed food bank users increasing also need donated toiletries

Here are some inconvenient facts that upset the dominant narrative about the color line and poverty in America

Misguided policies are hurting the poorest in society; our focus should be on reducing inequality not increasing GDP

For the Pulitzer prize-winning author of Evicted, a heartbreaking study of the American housing crisis, bearing witness was not enough

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Ukrainian officials say an unprecedented wartime deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat and high food prices are pushing more people into poverty has been extended