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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

The number of working Americans seeking aid from local social-service organizations is rising fast in cities and towns across the country. But for a growing share of Americans, help may not be ...

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 ...

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 ...