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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Aisha Nyandoro is a leading voice on equitable economic policies. It’s time to retire the outdated federal poverty line and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Last year, 11.6% of people in the U.S. lived below the federal poverty level, a number that has ticked up in recent years, according to the Census Bureau. Experts say those numbers may be even higher ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- 'Period Poverty' is the lack of access to adequate menstrual supplies. Candor Health Education, a not-for-profit, is trying to combat this insufficiency with a drive. Candor Health ...