A popular blogger says the real poverty line for a family of four is around $140,000. There has been pushback.

For those taking in the “Step Into Someone Else’s Shoes” Poverty Simulation, seeing what it’s like to live in poverty was a ...

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 ...

While higher education still guarantees better wages, more educated North Texans are struggling with poverty, according to ...

The current poverty level – inflation adjusted from that 1963 base – is $31,200 for a family of four. I think we can all ...

America’s poverty level — despite the country’s enormous wealth, vast resources and human talent — is one of the highest among developed countries. Dozens of OECD countries have substantially lower ...

President Lyndon Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird, center left, leave the home in Inez, Ky., of Tom Fletcher, a father of eight who told Johnson he’d been out of work for nearly two years, in this ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – A network of 23 anti-poverty agencies are requesting a $2.5 million boost in the forthcoming fiscal 2026 budget from Gov. Maura Healey, who for the past two years has not recommended ...