Reports show that over 40 million people in America live in poverty, with more than five ... and Ford were determined to destroy. By this point, the country was experiencing significant inflation ...

We find that both income and consumption poverty are sensitive to macroeconomic conditions. A one percentage point increase in unemployment is associated with an increase in the after-tax income ...

Dominating the book is an image of institutional space, beige, concrete, and lightless: the warehouse, the hospital, the shelter, the prison. These are the troubled domains of the American poor, whose ...

The $10K award, canceled for the 2026 fiscal year amid Trump’s anti-DEI mandates, was long seen as an entry point for receiving federal funding.

A rural community's experience indicates that an essential element in a war on poverty is inducing Slum dwellers to develop patterns of social functioning, including group action and local leadership ...

As Congress considers deep cuts to the federal safety net, a growing number of New Yorkers are living in poverty ... motion the largest Medicaid cut in American history.” Republican Rep.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright sharply criticized the Biden administration’s restrictive energy policies during a keynote ...

Poor Americans Spend Larger Percentages of Their Income on Basic Necessities Americans living in poverty tend to feel the effects of inflation more than the average American. As a result ...

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the typical American household earned about ... the share of residents living below the poverty line exceeds the comparable statewide poverty rate — and ...

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink isn't sugarcoating the problem: retirement in America is broken. In a March 2024 interview with Bloomberg, David Westin got straight to the point, asking Fink for his take ...