A popular blogger says the real poverty line for a family of four is around $140,000. There has been pushback.

The United States is the ‘land of opportunities’ for those who have the skill and the discipline to achieve something big in life. According to the US Census Bureau 2022 data, the poverty rate in the ...

10 Poorest States in the US in 2023. Today we look at the top 10 states with the highest poverty rates in America for 2023. These states, often referred to as the "poorest states," face unique ...

In this article, we will be navigating through the poverty situation in the US, the disparity in state-level poverty, while covering the 25 states with the highest poverty rates in the country. If you ...

Learn how the poverty gap measures poverty's intensity through income shortfalls from the poverty line, and explore its ...

The U.S. poverty rate saw its largest one-year increase in history. 12.4% of Americans now live in poverty according to new 2022 data from the U.S. census, an increase from 7.4% in 2021. Child poverty ...

Creek Street, the historic boardwalk in Ketchikan, Alaska. Alaska did not have the highest outright poverty rate. But it did experience a shocking increase in poverty among people aged 65 and older ...

Even as incomes rose in 2023, the number of Americans living in poverty went up. More and more people are struggling to afford their basic needs. But this is a problem we can actually solve. With a ...

In late-20th-century music, the elusiveness of the American Dream is a recurring theme. From Stevie Wonder’s ode to a boy “born in hard time Mississippi” in 1973 to Bruce Springsteen’s anthems to the ...

Last year, according to a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau, child poverty in America more than doubled. This steep increase, which was accompanied by a general rise in poverty among all age ...

Illustration by The New York Times. Photograph by Getty Images. By Max Roser Graphics by Sara Chodosh Mr. Roser is the founder of Our World in Data and a professor at the University of Oxford’s ...

Washington is finally talking about increasing the minimum wage. Such a move comes with costs, but the benefits are far greater. If Rick Santorum wins the nomination, this could have at least one ...