A popular blogger says the real poverty line for a family of four is around $140,000. There has been pushback.

Financial hardship is wearing Americans down, and the break-even point for many families keeps rising ...

A viral claim that $140K is the "real poverty line" has sparked debate over what it takes to be middle class in 2025.

Green’s Substack post delved into the well-known concepts of “the two-income trap” and benefit "cliffs.” The former is ...

Michael Green’s call to expand the poverty line to $140K reignites a debate over what economic strain really means today.

Affordability discourse is useless if it's not accurate, and politicians should strive to accurately describe Americans' ...

Poverty is a relentless struggle, not just in the U.S. but across the globe. It’s a complex issue that won’t be solved overnight and will likely take years of effort to improve the quality of life for ...

Child poverty has reached a record high in the United Kingdom as the country’s cost of living soars and its social security safety net falters following years of government austerity.

The current poverty level – inflation adjusted from that 1963 base – is $31,200 for a family of four. I think we can all ...

A shrinking number of Californians live in poverty. But the improvement is much too slow. My trusty spreadsheet reviewed the latest “supplemental” poverty measurements from the Census Bureau. These ...

An editorial titled “ Billionaires are not to blame for poverty ” that appeared recently in The Morning Call is another ...

Why, asks Matthew Desmond — the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Poverty, By America" (Crown) and a professor of sociology at Princeton University — is there so much destitution in America? Desmond — ...