poverty

"Save the Children" recently released its annual "End of Childhood" report which ranks states by the likelihood of threats to children and Louisiana ranks as the worst.

U.S. Census data shows little change in Louisiana's poverty rate from 2014 to 2015.

The report focuses heavily on a portion of the population referred to as ALICE, which is an acronym that stands for "asset limited, income constrained and employed".

Have you ever stopped to think about how many miles of toilet tissue you use in a year? How about a lifetime? Well fine, you have a life then, I don't and I did so here is the answer and I know you're going to read the article to find out.

Hollywood A lister Ben Affleck is going to live on $1.50 a day for "Live Below The Line", a part of the Global Poverty Project. Live Below The Line is challenging people to spend five days feeding themselves with only $1.50 a day, which is the U.S. equivalent of the extreme poverty line.