poverty

Free money makes people less likely to work. If common sense doesn’t convince you of that, a new study should. In July, a National Bureau of Economic ...

SYRACUSE (TNS) — New York families with school-aged children can get extra money this summer to help with groceries while kids are home from school. F...

A $7,500 grant to the Olean Food Pantry, commemorating its 70th year serving the Olean area, from the United Way of Cattaraugus County aims to tackle ...

BRADFORD, Pa. — The COVID-19 pandemic was a tipping point for the mental health of already vulnerable middle and high school students, according to a ...

ALBANY (TNS) — Whenever I write about New York’s population outflow, I hear from readers who suggest fewer people might be a good thing. ”Why does it ...

( Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of four op-eds from the Olean Food Pantry about solving food insecurity in our communities.) I spent mu...

Poverty and food insecurity are two words rarely uttered outside non-profit board rooms and hunger coalitions, but for those people in the counties wh...

SALAMANCA — As part of No Kid Hungry’s continuing effort to ensure all children in Salamanca remain nourished and healthy, the Salamanca City Central ...

{child_byline}By RICH ESPOSITO Special to Olean Times Herald{/child_byline} Editor’s note: This is the second in a four-part op-ed series by the Olean...

It’s a beautiful day when one of the world’s biggest rock stars talks about the benefits of capitalism. Global icon Bono is known for both his music a...

The Allegany-Cattaraugus-Chautauqua Fund for Women announced its fourth annual Mother’s Day Campaign through the end of June. After expanding its reac...

A new study estimates that 325,000 children in New York — with more than 1,400 of them in Cattaraugus and Allegany counties — are newly pushed into po...

BUFFALO — President and CEO of the Community Action Organization of Western New York, L. Nathan Hare, has announced plans to retire after serving the ...

At this time of year, as we celebrate the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, our thoughts turn to annual service projects, volunteerism and i...

It’s hard to be poor. It’s hard to struggle to keep a roof over your head and food on the table. The struggle is real, and it’s made harder by misunde...

OLEAN — The Citizens Action Network of Southwestern New York is hosting a public conversation about local poverty at 10 a.m. Saturday. The event will ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The latest federal effort to revital...

A recent commentary in the Olean Times Herald asserted that obstructing federal immigration officials represents a nullification of the “rule of law.”...