Across the United States, once-booming industrial towns are now barely surviving, their streets and tax bases hollowed out by factory closures, population loss, and disinvestment. These 15 communities ...

The funding pause could jeopardize child care and other programs that serve hundreds of thousands of households in California ...

California is nothing if not a land of contrast. It is a state of astounding economic might, yet it carries the highest poverty rate in the nation. It has more residents on the Forbes 400 list of ...

Donald Trump knows all about trying to overturn legitimate elections. Perhaps, while he has Nicolas Maduro under lock and key, he might ...

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The Midland school district rebranded Robert E. Lee High as Legacy High in 2020, part of a nationwide trend to distance ...

The cost of health insurance is set to surge for millions of Americans under the Affordable Care Act at the start of the new ...

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.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A wealth manager wrote that $140,000 a year means poverty in today’s America, sparking controversy. He’s wrong, ...

A Wall Street portfolio manager has gone viral with a blog post that posits a new poverty line for a family of four in America: $140,000 a year. It’s a large number. The Federal Poverty Level set by ...

Thea Jaffe never expected to use a baby bank. In fact, she was responsible for referring other single parents from her local community group to the charity Little Village, which provides essential ...