Social Security payments lift an estimated 23.5 million people above the poverty line, a new report has found.

Examines ten U.S. cities facing poverty, crime, and economic hardship.

A WalletHub study ranked all US states based on factors like housing costs, quality of public education, and healthcare. New Mexico came last.

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 ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The poverty rate across New York City fell slightly over the past year, but despite the overall decrease, two boroughs saw their numbers rise. New data from the U.S. Census ...

About 1 in 6 Allen County school-age children were living in poverty in 2024, which was more than at any time in the previous four years, federal data show. That number jumped to more than 1 in 5 ...

The poverty rate under Michigan’s Democratic governor, Gretchen Whitmer, has ranged from 13.1% to 13.5%. The state’s poverty rate remains higher than the national average. The rate is lower than it ...

An estimated 417 million children in low- and middle-income countries are living in extreme poverty. Millions of children in high-income countries are also suffering. And more children are at risk of ...

An event at Mary Baldwin University in Staunton next week aims to help students and the broader community better understand the struggles to put food on the table with rising costs of housing, ...