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 ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. By Jessica Schorr Saxe Special to the Observer Isaac Fortich, then 5, helps Brenda ...

How can we help poor people earn more from their knowledge–rather than from their sweat and muscle alone? This book is about increasing the earnings of poor people in poor countries from their ...

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 ...

2025 will go down as a year of chaos for groups that help poor people. Some have been forced to scale back as the Trump administration targeted safety-net programs. For groups that help poor people, ...

If you have these things in your home, you’re at least a tiny bit wealthier than you might think. Most people who grew up poor didn't get the same luxuries as everyone else. From low-quality schools ...

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 ...