Michael W. Green did some math recently. For a family of four to afford housing, health care, child care and other necessities, he calculated that they would need at least $136,500 a year. The U.S.

The problem isn't the poor, working or not. The problem is our systems.

Non-cash benefits bring many Americans above the poverty line — and our poverty statistics should reflect that.

A Wall Street portfolio manager has gone viral with a blog post that posits a new poverty line for a family of four in America: $140,000 a year. It’s a large number. The Federal Poverty Level set by ...

When socialist muckraker Upton Sinclair dropped his gonzo exposé on the abysmal working conditions of Chicago’s meatpacking industry, the public was enraptured and horrified by the serial that ...

When I think of poverty, I don’t just imagine someone living in extreme crisis. I think about families like mine in Delaware County, families just barely above the official poverty line, struggling ...

Israel’s National Insurance Institute on Friday released its official 2024 poverty report, showing a continued deterioration in the economic situation of Israel’s children against the backdrop of the ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Many people in Green Bay found out first-hand the struggles that those living in poverty experience every day through participation in a special program hosted by St. John’s ...