A prominent strategist contends that the real "poverty line" for a family of four is $140,000, not the official threshold of ...

Affordability discourse is useless if it's not accurate, and politicians should strive to accurately describe Americans' ...

When socialist muckraker Upton Sinclair dropped his gonzo exposé on the abysmal working conditions of Chicago’s meatpacking ...

And yet, for many years there was one number I assumed was an actuarial fact: the U.S. poverty line. Yes, I saw Americans feeling poorer every year, despite economic growth and low unemployment. But ...

America's poverty line is outdated, based on 1960s math. Updating it shows survival costs near $140,000, exposing how six figures today equals the new poor.

Poverty in the Bay Area increased in 2023, with more than 245,000 residents falling below the poverty line, due to rising ...

A new report reveals that while child poverty rates in B.C. have stabilized, low-income households are falling further below ...

A Republican state lawmaker is proposing a new refundable tax credit in a bill that he says would help financially support ...