In much of the United States, a six-figure salary once signaled security. Now, for a family of four facing rent, child care ...

Local anti-poverty groups have had to scramble and scale back this year as the Trump administration targeted safety-net ...

“Our entire safety net is designed to catch people at the very bottom, but it sets a trap for anyone trying to climb out. As ...

Americans’ incomes inched higher last year and fewer people slipped into poverty, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual look at household wallets. Tuesday’s data showed Americans’ incomes ...

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 ...

About 551,000 people in the Netherlands were living in poverty in 2024, equivalent to 3.1% of the population, new figures from the CBS show. That was up from 2.7% a year earlier, marking the first ...

Wall Street portfolio manager Michael Green set the cat among the pigeons recently by claiming the new poverty line for a family of four in the United States was $140,000 (€119,000) a year. The figure ...

In November last year, 11-month-old girl Melveena Angel Blair died in a fire at her home in Sophia while her brother suffered burn injuries. Along with another child, they were home alone. The elder ...

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 peeling mural depicts the heyday of coal in Glouster, Ohio. (Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post) Americans are wealthier than ever, but social media is full of posts and videos about how the ...

The Child Poverty Review represents a bold attempt to reduce the number of children growing up in hardship By Gordon Brown Britain now has the first comprehensive plan for supporting children since ...

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 ...