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 ...

The United States remains the richest country in the world. Given that fact, we should be leading the world in helping those who are “poor,” in America and around the globe. And we have done so. That ...

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, ...

a family fund that seeks to improve the lives of poor families in the southwestern part of the state. But in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, after just two months on the job, Ms. West shifted ...

My church, Zion Covenant of Jamestown, is sponsoring a refugee family with seven kids. The father works as a janitor in a public elementary school making $16 an hour. Why is our government threatening ...

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 ...

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 ...

On Tuesday, Secretary Clinton announced the U.S. plan to contribute $50 million to help send fuel-efficient stoves to developing countries. According to the UN, smoke from more primitive stoves kills ...