poverty

Debates over entitlement programs bring out the worst in elected officials, who are typically more concerned with political survival than addressing d...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On April 10, U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., introduced the School Meal Modernization and Hunger Elimination Act, legislation that...

Food insecurity is another way of saying you don't know where your next meal is coming from. It can happen to anyone who has lost a job, is struggling...

HARRISBURG— Some legislators have worried that Pennsylvanians who receive federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits might b...

We live in a country where majority rules — from local governments to the very peak of federal power. Those who get the most votes win. In that same v...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y., — One of the country’s leading social science researchers on homelessness and assisted housing policy, Dr. Dennis P. Culhane, w...

(TNS) — Several significant policy changes affecting Social Security recipients and applicants get underway this month. One of the changes is designed...