Forty-two million Americans receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits (also known as food stamps). That’s 12% of the population. To be eligible, household gross income must be ...

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We used to be trapped. And by “we,” I really do mean all of us. A few hundred years ago, the majority of the world lived in extreme poverty, and even in recent decades, people lucky enough to clear ...

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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 ...

PROVO — What is a conservative approach to fixing poverty? Republican leaders in Utah explored answers to that question at the annual kNOw Poverty Summit. Speakers at Wednesday's summit in Provo said ...