A viral post claims $140,000 is the new poverty line. Here's the math

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

Is $140,000 the real poverty line?

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

Wall Street investor says the poverty line is $136,500, those who try to escape see 'benefits disappear faster than wages increase.' Do you agree?

Financial expert Michael W. Green is making waves with a provocative claim: the official U.S. poverty line is a "lie" — that ...

Chicago’s Shriver Center on Poverty Law closing at the end of the year

The Shriver Center on Poverty Law in Chicago is shutting its doors after years of financial struggles, the advocacy ...

More North Texans with college degrees are struggling with poverty

A college education is not the ticket out of poverty that it used to be. A Dallas Morning News analysis of data from the U.S.

Newsom calls homelessness and poverty 'poster child' of California's failures as a state

Gov. Gavin Newsom said that homelessness is California's "poster child" of failure during a new podcast interview, ...

Moore administration invests $19 million to end child poverty in Maryland

Gov. Wes Moore on Thursday announced his administration will invest $19 million into programs to end child poverty across the state. The investment will go to the Engaging Neighborhoods, Organizations ...

Poverty in Argentina falls to 36.3%, lowest level since 2018

Income-based poverty in Argentina fell to 36.3% of the population in the third quarter of this year, down from 45.6% in the ...