The economic downtown that followed Egypt's uprising continues to make difficult circumstances even worse for the country's poor.

Controversial Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez died yesterday leaving a nation divided over the wisdom of his policies. Both critics and supporters agree that he has changed the role of the poor in Venezuela.

Much of the buzz about the fiscal cliff has been about how it will affect the wealthy and middle class. But how might it impact children living if poverty if a deal isn't reached?

One Harvard professor says being poor not only impacts people financially, but mentally as well

A new study out finds larger percentages of Americans are seeing conflicts between the haves and the have-nots.

Unemployment and foreclosures have forced many more households to cut budgets to the bone this year. How some families are coping with the holidays now that they're no longer middle class.

The number of poor children drops under unofficial poverty measure that counts benefits such as food stamps and costs such as childcare.