Is $140,000 really a poverty income? Clearly not, but the viral debate underscores the ‘affordability’ issue

A wealth manager wrote that $140,000 a year means poverty in today's America, sparking controversy. He's wrong, but he made a ...
Insider Monkey

20 States with the Lowest Poverty Rates in the US

The United States is the ‘land of opportunities’ for those who have the skill and the discipline to achieve something big in life. According to the US Census Bureau 2022 data, the poverty rate in the ...
Insurancenewsnet.com

INCOME, POVERTY AND HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE IN THE UNITED STATES: 2024

The following information was released by the United States Census Bureau: The U.S. Census Bureau today announced that real median household income was $83,730 in 2024, not statistically different ...
The Economist

Class, race and the chances of outgrowing poverty in America

In late-20th-century music, the elusiveness of the American Dream is a recurring theme. From Stevie Wonder’s ode to a boy “born in hard time Mississippi” in 1973 to Bruce Springsteen’s anthems to the ...
Center for American Progress

The Economic Status of Single Mothers

Original Center for American Progress analysis shows that single mothers in the United States face economic insecurity, including high poverty rates and low incomes, that could be alleviated by ...
The New York Times

We Need a New Global Measure for Poverty

Illustration by The New York Times. Photograph by Getty Images. By Max Roser Graphics by Sara Chodosh Mr. Roser is the founder of Our World in Data and a professor at the University of Oxford’s ...
The New York Times

Trump and Harris Embody a Stark Partisan Divide on Fighting Poverty

The two presidential candidates can both point to records of pushing poverty rates down, but their approaches could hardly be more different. By Jason DeParle Jason DeParle, who covers poverty issues, ...