Over the last decade, the share of D-FW seniors who are struggling financially has increased by nearly 75%, according to a ...

New federal data shows that poverty among Allen County’s school-age children is rising, even as unemployment remains low and jobs are widely available.

In many upstate cities like Syracuse, Binghamton, and Rochester, the number of children living in poverty is upwards of 40%.

About 1-in-6 Allen County school-age children were living in poverty in 2024, which was more than at any time in the previous four years, federal data show.

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 ...

Guest Opinion. In recent decades, Cherokee Nation has continued to prosper in cultural preservation, health care and economic development by leaps and bounds. But when we assess our nation’s true ...

Would it help poverty or hurt the perception of poverty to call a six-figure family “poor”? A recent example of a claim that extends well beyond the reach of economic experts is that “the actual ...

I spent the first 18 years of my life living in public-housing projects. My childhood was as poor as it gets in America. I’ve also seen what being poor is like in places like Mexico, Colombia, and the ...