That was the mission on Wednesday with the House of Bread in Roanoke. They put on a poverty simulation — walking participants ...

Read on to learn more facts about the global pandemic of poverty and why we cannot allow it to continue.

Saint Francis of Assisi, an important figure in the Roman Catholic Church, was born into a life of wealth and luxury but traded that for a life of poverty. The exchange was made after he ...

Through home ownership, Staunton resident Nikki “Nitch” Lynlee hoped to build wealth and break the cycle of poverty.

It’s common to blame poverty on life’s deep wiring, like a person’s lack of education or the racial discrimination they have faced or their immigration status. Poverty is explained as the product of a ...

A poverty simulation at East Side Soup Kitchen is helping participants gain a glimpse of life in poverty.

For 8 to 9 weeks, dozens of people take part in “Getting Ahead” classes, hosted by Omaha Bridges Out of Poverty. Bell even took the classes himself. “It covers anything from life skills, to ...

Without reliable transportation, life’s routine chores, like getting groceries, attending doctor appointments or making it to work on time become challenging for the very poor, according to ...

So economists, urbanists, immigrants—we tend to see migration as a huge part of the story for modernization, poverty reduction, increasing the quality of life.

House of Bread asked the Roanoke community to not only imagine the challenges of poverty but to step into someone else’s shoes.

Benjamin Rubbers, Towards a life of poverty and uncertainty? The livelihood strategies of Gécamines workers after retrenchment in the DRC, Review of African Political Economy, Vol. 44, No. 152, ...

As arguably the most powerful African American in public life, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas labors under expectations that none of his fellow justices face. Even as Thomas goes about his ...