How is it possible that world leaders, philanthropists and the media can all evade discussing the main cause of poverty -- world overpopulation ("Building on hope," editorial, Dec. 27).

The One Cause of Poverty That’s Never Considered In a new book, Matthew Desmond argues that to understand what keeps people poor, we need to take a good look at the rich. By Eyal Press ...

The use of culture as a cause of poverty provides an academic hook to explain away real major causes of poverty like race, class and disability. These are problematic to conservative political ...

Never is it mentioned in the three companion columns what I believe to be several major causes of poverty. Some research studies support that poverty may be avoided when these things are ...

“The collapse of marriage is the major cause of poverty,” proclaimed the Heritage Foundation on the eve of the annual release of new census data on poverty.

The lack of progress in building self-sufficiency since the beginning of the War on Poverty 50 years ago is due in major part to the welfare system itself.

Being poor is a major leading cause of death in America, new research suggests. The study’s authors estimate that there were roughly 180,000 poverty-related deaths among people over the age of ...

Most Afghans see not Taliban militants but poverty, unemployment, and government corruption as the main causes of war in their country, according to a report by a leading aid group.

Analyzing the major cause of poverty in the Philippines, it’s because we have failed to utilize to the max the best of Filipino talents and industries, supported by our rich natural resources.

We serve county residents below Federal Poverty Level (FPL), having incomes less than $1,215 monthly plus $428 for each additional household member. One in 10 people here lives below this threshold.