Most scholarship on the subject focuses on conditions during childhood. But government support during adulthood plays the ...
Seniors’ poverty rate, already at record lows, is projected to fall further. There is no projected explosion in welfare costs for America’s retirees. If we wish to save money on old-age ...
As housing becomes increasingly costly, over 1 million Americans live without running water, even in affluent cities, new ...
These studies have yielded important insights, but they overlook one major reason why poverty in the U.S. is so much stickier than in peer countries: Americans born into poverty receive far less ...
The idea of the poverty line dates back to 1963, when Mollie Orshansky, a statistician for the Social Security Administration ...
The U.S. healthcare system turns patient suffering into more revenue: delays, hidden billing tricks, and skyrocketing costs reveal the shocking price of poor care.
Cash-poor Americans paid more than $39 billion in junk fees last year just to borrow money, according to a new report. SoLo, a community finance platform, released the findings Wednesday in its ...