As temperatures fell below freezing in northern Maine on recent nights, Caroline McNinch kept an eye on her heating oil tank. The 93-year-old lives alone in a tiny town pressed up against the Canadian ...

A watchdog group is pushing grant makers to spend at least half of their grant dollars to help poor people and minorities, arguing that many foundations are ignoring the needs of charities that serve ...

GARY, INDIANA – Driving through Northwest Indiana feels a bit like going back in time. Winding roads, barns, and lush green fields in the rural farm communities give way to hulking steel mills, tall ...

LOGAN, Ohio – Before dawn, in a cold, blustery drizzle, a line forms outside a small, squat building on an open stretch of road on the outskirts of town. "My heater quit working in my car," Scott ...

Echoing a national trend, Catholic churches in the Cleveland area are seeing a flood of church closings, leaving many who serve the poor worrying how the closings will affect social-service programs, ...

US leaders have long taken some responsibility to help poor people meet basic nutritional needs. That era appears over. This article was originally published at The Guardian and is republished here ...

For groups that help poor people, 2025 has been a year of chaos, and not just because of the recent government shutdown. NPR's Jennifer Ludden went to southeastern Ohio to see how local nonprofits ...

There’s a lot you can learn while browsing Reddit. While some of it involves things you definitely wish you could unsee, there’s also plenty of practical information that can help you improve aspects ...