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

Families aren’t failing the poverty line—the poverty line is failing them. How outdated metrics mask today’s economic reality ...

As climate change causes the plant to warm and people crank up their air-conditioning, Americans are spending increasingly more money on their energy bills. This means more people are experiencing ...

Thomas J Catalano is a CFP and Registered Investment Adviser with the state of South Carolina, where he launched his own financial advisory firm in 2018. Thomas' experience gives him expertise in a ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — If you look at the numbers, both Ohio and the city of Toledo are above the national average when it comes to poverty. At the Main Library in downtown Toledo, the Bridges Out of Poverty ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Have you ever heard of transport poverty? Chances are, you haven’t. It’s been described as “a hidden crisis”, and it impacts ...

For one San Diego woman, it’s losing the government benefits that helped feed her family because she got a $1 an hour raise. For another, it’s feeling like you’re not quite drowning, but always ...

Ladywell, in Birmingham, has the highest levels, with 62% of children living in relative poverty. In some areas of Leeds, ...

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 ...

The idea of the poverty line dates back to 1963, when Mollie Orshansky, a statistician for the Social Security Administration, developed a method to measure how many families were unable to afford ...

Forty-two million Americans receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits (also known as food stamps). Twelve percent of the population. To be eligible, household gross income must ...

Vice President Kamala Harris' remarks to her new campaign staff called for "a future where no child has to grow up in poverty." Her first campaign ad doubled down on this message. Now she is outlining ...