Matthew Desmond is a Princeton University professor and the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, a Pulitzer Prize, a PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award, and a National Book Critics Circle award. His ...

Eviction for lack of ability to pay rent is a symptom of pernicious poverty; the best way to fix eviction is to help people pay their rent. Poverty causes eviction. It’s pretty simple. When people are ...

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Over 37.9 million Americans currently live below the poverty line. With more than 11 percent of the American population struggling to afford basic necessities like food, housing, and healthcare, it is ...

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore presented legislation he's championing to address child poverty to state lawmakers on Wednesday, laying out a locally focused plan to attack the root causes of concentrated ...

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. This Poverty Awareness Month reminds us that collective ...

News yesterday that the poverty rate has risen to 13.2%, its highest point in over a decade, was naturally met with consternation from pundits who speculated that the trends have deeper roots than the ...

UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights Olivier De Schutter cited poverty on Friday as the “root cause” of violence and instability in Ecuador. De Schutter urged Ecuador’s leaders to ...

Maui Economic Opportunity has been gathering community’s input on the “causes that could lead to poverty” in Maui County and encourages more submissions before the survey’s deadline June 25. So far ...