Fifty-seven years ago, President Lyndon Johnson declared a war on poverty. Depending on your ideological perspective, the 30 ...

WAR, W.Va.—Carolyn Owens was 9 years old when her family became one of the first in America to get food stamps. Her father could no longer work in the coal mines that pock the mountains here after an ...

How much does an American family of four need to earn to avoid poverty? According to the Census Bureau, $32,130. But what if it were really $140,000? Late last month, the investor and Substack writer ...

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 It’s time to retire the outdated federal poverty line and ...

BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 5 (UPI) --Income-based poverty in Argentina fell to 36.3% of the population in the third quarter of this year, down from 45.6% in the same period in 2024, according to a report from ...

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 ...

Total falsehoods: "I want for people to recognize a great job that I've done on pricing, on affordability, because we brought prices way down," said President Donald Trump on Monday. (The White House ...

The Bay Area’s poverty rate rose from 12.2% in early 2023 to 16.3% by the end of the same year, marking a 4.1% increase. The cost of living in the Bay Area is also outpacing income growth. Tipping ...

When the government shutdown left 42 million people without food assistance last week, nonprofits stepped in to help, as they always do. Across the country, community foundations, congregations, and ...

Annually, on Oct. 17, the world marks the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, a day meant to spotlight the grip of poverty on poor communities and to call for action. Yet in 2025, about ...

More than half of all children living in Detroit fell below the poverty line in 2024, threatening nearly a decade of progress in the city's fight against child poverty, straining nonprofits that ...