About 43 million people — or 12.9% of Americans — lived in poverty last year. That’s according to this week’s release of the Census Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure, a more comprehensive measure ...
The child poverty rate in the United States more than doubled between 2021 and 2022, according to new data on poverty, income, and health insurance from the U.S. Census Bureau on Sept. 12. A year ...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Memphis is once again in the national spotlight for crime. A University of Memphis professor has a simple answer for what's driving the problem: poverty. New federal data show the Mid ...
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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Aisha Nyandoro is a leading voice on equitable economic policies. A recent AP-NORC poll reveals a pervasive misunderstanding about ...
Robert Reich has been telling us for years that policymakers have the power to end—or increase—poverty. New Census data proves him right. Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) leaves the Senate chamber with ...
The Federal Government has launched the National Poverty Intelligence Lab to strengthen poverty reduction programmes and ...
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