When fewer people can get abortions, property crime rates go up, a new working paper out Monday suggests. The analysis, published in the National Bureau of Economic Research, underscores the ...

Any keen observer of events would agree that it is a truism that there is a correlation between poverty and crime, such that both could be referred to as first cousins. This has become more apparent ...

Honduran children have traveled the 1,000 miles to the United States in hopes to escape the poverty and crime in their home country. The country's homicide rate was six times the global average in ...

President Trump has made reducing crime a key priority, so it’s no surprise the administration has continued to pay “essential” law enforcement officers during the government shutdown. But there’s ...

This is what we know. There is a relationship between poverty and crime. Cities with low crime rates typically share strong economic health, robust social support systems, highly effective and ...

Join us this April 27 for an exclusive event for donors. Our experts will share analysis and recent data, and answer your questions about projections for 2026. A report from the World Bank brings a ...

WILMINGTON, Del. (WPVI) -- At Riverfront Wilmington Wednesday, voters greeted Mike Purzycki, Tuesday night's winner of the Democratic primary for mayor. He won with less than 24 percent of the votes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Shutterstock. Poverty isn't just a statistic, but a complicated web of challenges encountered by millions worldwide.