Why is there so much poverty in the richest nation in the world? That’s the question acclaimed sociologist Matthew Desmond sets out to answer with Poverty, by America. The topic is a familiar one for ...

Inside America's poorest county Posted: February 13, 2026 | Last updated: February 13, 2026 America’s poorest county lies in the Mississippi Delta. We went to Claiborne County to see what life is like ...

A disturbing statistic revealing the dismal state of health in America is that more than 40 percent of the population is obese (defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as having a ...

Last week, in conjunction with the retirement party for its founder, John Carr, Georgetown University's Initiative on Catholic Social Thought And Public Life held an all-day convening on the theme ...

Now and then, you stumble upon a metric so obviously broken that it forces you to re-evaluate everything you thought you knew about how America works. The latest in a line of such relics is the ...

The Census Bureau took a baby step toward redefining what is considered poor in America on Tuesday when it released several alternative measurements of poverty, fundamentally revising a ...

and government in fighting poverty. He spoke at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Notre Dame: Notre Dame, as a Catholic university, carries forward a great tradition of social teaching.