A factory in Michigan actually pays the state government to bring a public caseworker to the company to help its low-income workers.

Walter Robb, CEO of high-end grocer Whole Foods, talks to Marketplace about why his company is opening its latest store in the Midtown neighborhood of Detroit.

Upscale grocer Whole Foods is opening a location in Detroit's Midtown neighborhood. The area is mostly poor, but many residents are excited to gain access to high-quality foods. Others aren't convinced that the store is catering to them.

How do you know you're wealthy? Here's what people in a city that's $15 billion in debt had to say.

While much attention has been given to the achievement of students, little attention has been given to the disproportion in educational opportunities between wealthy and poor children.

With one in five Americans on food stamps, some in Congress want to cut back on the program.

Priority number one for the new pope has been fighting poverty in the slums of Buenos Aires. What effect might he have on the global scene in his new position?

How many of the world's 3.1 billion workers live on just $1.25 per day — the global poverty line as defined by the World Bank?

During his State of the Union address last night, President Obama proposed to raise the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour.