Census data paint a complicated picture of progress against poverty in 2023, as the national poverty rate fell, rose, or held ...

Despite wage gains, lower-income families have been hit hard by inflation and the expiration of pandemic-era benefits.

Harris could take a page from LBJ’s campaign strategy and tell voters about her vision for managing the machinery of the ...

More faced hardship in the United States last year, the Census Bureau said, as inflation and the end of subsidies outweighed ...

Nearly 10 million children were in poverty in 2023. It could become a key election issue.

On August 1, Senate Republicans blocked the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act. If passed, it would have ...

During "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Sept. 19, 2024, we take the show to RMAPI's summit to talk with community members ...

Philadelphia’s poverty rate fell more than one percentage point between 2022 and 2023, marking the most significant year-over ...

Poverty rates in Alabama remained higher than much of the nation last year, new federal data shows, though some larger cities ...

Childhood poverty also has long-term repercussions. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine reported in ...

Oklahoma's poverty rate ranks sixth in the nation, according to the Census Bureau’s 2023 American Community Survey released ...

In the first hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Thursday, September 19, 2024, we're broadcasting live from the ...