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

Financial analyst Michael Green suggests the official poverty line of $32,000 per year for a family of four in the U.S. is ...

A new study ranking America’s most relaxed cities placed San Jose at the top, finding that wealthy suburbs and tech hubs ...

At least from a material perspective, things have never been better for many if not most Americans: Their homes are larger ...

A viral claim that $140K is the "real poverty line" has sparked debate over what it takes to be middle class in 2025.

CNN News Central’s Sara Sidner speaks with Michael Green, Chief Strategist & Portfolio Manager at Simplify Asset Management, ...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Evicted reimagines the debate on poverty, making a "provocative and compelling" (NPR) argument about why it persists in America: ...

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 ...

The persistence of American poverty. “We could afford to end poverty,” Matthew Desmond tells us. That we don’t is a choice. Early in my college teaching career, upon sharing an incidental detail of my ...

In this article, we look at 25 states with the lowest poverty rates in America. You can skip our detailed analysis on poverty in the United States, and head over directly to the 10 States with the ...

While affluent nations step back from humanitarian relief and economic development assistance, the world is on the verge of reversing progress against global poverty.