One analysis suggests that modern budgets push the effective poverty line far above official levels, revealing why many six-figure earners still feel financially strained.

The Mexican government on Friday claimed that for the first time in history more  Mexicans are categorized as middle class ...

New research from the Urban Institute credits stimulus checks, federal unemployment benefits, and bigger food stamps with a sizable drop in poverty.

Learn how the poverty gap measures poverty's intensity through income shortfalls from the poverty line, and explore its ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Aisha Nyandoro is a leading voice on equitable economic policies. A recent AP-NORC poll reveals a pervasive misunderstanding about ...

We are at a critical juncture today in the fight against poverty. Despite decades of hard-won development progress, a world free of poverty remains out of sight. Ten years ago, the outlook appeared ...

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.

McDowell County residents say it’s up to them to forge a brighter future after decades of federal projects haven’t eased their hardship.

Creek Street, the historic boardwalk in Ketchikan, Alaska. Alaska did not have the highest outright poverty rate. But it did experience a shocking increase in poverty among people aged 65 and older ...

To continue growing the middle class, Congress and the Biden administration should learn from what worked in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic and associated recession that led to ...

In January, it will be sixty years since Lyndon Johnson, in his first State of the Union address, announced an “unconditional war on poverty.” Johnson’s goal was to eliminate acute economic need among ...