10 Worst States to Be Poor in America. Let’s talk about the worst states to live in poverty here in the USA. Living below the poverty line in the United States or any country for that matter sucks.

Children born into poverty are far more likely to remain poor in adulthood in the United States than in other wealthy countries. Why? The stickiness of poverty in the U.S. challenges the self-image of ...

In America, the gap between the rich and the poor has widened significantly, with states exhibiting stark disparities in wealth distribution as highlighted in recent analyses. For instance, ...

America's middle class is shrinking. The latest census classifies almost half of all Americans as either poor or "low income." As jobs disappear and government programs are cut back, more people are ...

The United States remains the richest country in the world. Given that fact, we should be leading the world in helping those who are “poor,” in America and around the globe. And we have done so. That ...

April 22, 2004 — -- They do essential jobs but are paid very low wages. They work hard but don’t get ahead. Even tiny setbacks can send them reeling. And when you live paycheck to paycheck, when ...

Wealth across the United States is in flux, with income gaps growing sharper even as median household incomes creep upward. According to 2024 data from the Census Bureau, the U.S. median household ...

In this blog post, we're going to present another challenge from the decks of challenges we have created for the game, "Bounce Back." This deck is titled, "Being Poor in America." It addresses the ...

The gap between the rich and poor in America is huge and well-known. But what’s not very well known is just how large it is. According to the London School of Economics and Political Science, “The ...