How much does an American family of four need to earn to avoid poverty? According to the Census Bureau, $32,130. But what if it were really $140,000? Late last month, the investor and Substack writer ...

One might expect researchers to have settled the question long ago of whether poverty causes crime. On the surface, the answer seems obvious. A correlation certainly exists: anyone working in the ...

Wall Street strategist Michael Green caused a stir on social media last week with his outlandish claim that the federal poverty line should be raised to cover individuals earning as much as $140,000 ...

Is It Too Late for Trump to Support the Iranian Uprising? Audio By Carbonatix Portfolio manager Michael W. Green begins his much-discussed essay in the Free Press: For my whole career in finance, I ...

The Bay Area’s poverty rate rose from 12.2% in early 2023 to 16.3% by the end of the same year, marking a 4.1% increase. The cost of living in the Bay Area is also outpacing income growth. Tipping ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — When summer heat comes to the Arara neighborhood in northern Rio, it lingers, baking the red brick and concrete that make up many of the buildings long after the sun has gone ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A new report shows more and more of Virginia’s children are living in poverty. Advocates say government programs are the reason the rate isn’t even higher. According to the ...

Child poverty in Virginia has climbed to 12%, affecting more than 230,000 children and reversing previous gains made during the pandemic, according to a new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

More than half of all children living in Detroit fell below the poverty line in 2024, threatening nearly a decade of progress in the city's fight against child poverty, straining nonprofits that ...

California tied with Louisiana for having the highest poverty rate in the country. Census Bureau figures showed the state's Supplemental Poverty Measure stood at 17.7% in 2024. That's about 7 million ...