America has waged "war" on poverty since the 1960s, and official numbers suggest substantial progress. Take poverty among the elderly: Between 1959 and 2003, the number of elderly Americans living in ...

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 ...

There is no decent person on this earth who denies that those who have the financial ability should help the “needy poor.” ...

America's poverty line is outdated, based on 1960s math. Updating it shows survival costs near $140,000, exposing how six figures today equals the new poor.

Trump’s anti-foreigner policies are replacing MAGA with MAPA, they’re making America poorer, not greater. As his own words ...

The United States is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, yet over 10 percent of people – nearly 40 million – live in poverty. It's... The Roots of Poverty in America The United States is one ...

A federal government shutdown has disrupted SNAP benefits, with only partial payments expected for over 42 million recipients. The author, a former SNAP recipient, argues against negative stereotypes, ...

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 ...

The average American leaves almost a third of hard-earned vacation days on the table every year-a fact that speaks volumes to ...

Why, asks Matthew Desmond — the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Poverty, By America" (Crown) and a professor of sociology at Princeton University — is there so much destitution in America? Desmond — ...