Over the last 50 years, the proportion of Americans living in poverty has remained virtually unchanged. In 2023, 11 percent of American’s lived below the poverty line. In 1973, that number was also 11 ...

SSI is a federal welfare program that really has nothing to do with Social Security, other than the fact that it is managed by the Social Security Administration. Juanmonino / Getty Images I can tell ...

Gather's Seacoast Waste Not program uses donated surplus food to create meals for those in need. The program has been hampered by the loss of an EPA grant under the Trump administration. Gather is ...

Within days, tens of millions of low-income Americans may lose assistance for food, child care and utilities if the federal government remains shut down. Hannah Mann and her family in New Jersey rely ...