Forty years after Lyndon Johnson declared war on poverty in his 1964 State of the Union address, nearly 35 million Americans still live below the line. More than 7 million families are in poverty.

For decades, the Center for Rural Affairs has reported on higher rates of poverty in rural areas. Landmark reports from the Center, including “Half a Glass of Water” and “Trampled Dreams” drew ...

As part of his eight-state tour focusing on poverty, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards is scheduled to stop in rural Kentucky, where writer and rural advocate Dee Davis has witnessed the ...

One of the federal government’s key indicators of economic distress – one that shows that rural counties are disproportionately suffering economically – is disguising persistent, intergenerational ...

Despite a decline in Colorado’s overall child poverty rate in 2013, the rural child poverty rate remains high and has grown in recent years, according to an article by the Colorado Springs Gazette.

LITTLE FALLS - In a joint effort between the Central Minnesota Community Foundation in St. Cloud and the Initiative Foundation in Little Falls, $12,000 is available in grant dollars from the Central ...

Dan Brockington received funding from the DfID / ESRC Growth Research Programme to conduct this work, and gratefully acknowledges that funding. The grant reference is ES/L012413/2. One of the clearest ...

Over the past two decades, Idaho’s rural populations have been aging and struggling with housing affordability, but have also ...

Rural poverty in Sri Lanka is frequently highlighted, yet remains unresolved. According to experts, a large portion of the ...

A briefing session for all Divisional Secretaries across the country on the government’s flagship “Praja Shakthi” national ...