Poverty statistics paint a stark picture, but they rarely tell the whole story. In 2024, the official national poverty rate ...

When we think about poverty in America, a specific image might come to mind, but the reality is often far more complex and widespread than we assume. The data reveals a story that challenges ...

"Parts of the United States are as poor as the Third World" according to a recent United Nations report on global inequality. Any doubts about poverty in America have been erased by the plight of New ...

There's a version of the American Dream that nobody talks about at dinner parties. It doesn't involve a doorman building in ...

A disturbing statistic revealing the dismal state of health in America is that more than 40 percent of the population is obese (defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as having a ...

The gap between the rich and poor in America is huge and well-known. But what’s not very well known is just how large it is. According to the London School of Economics and Political Science, “The ...

The United States remains the richest country in the world. Given that fact, we should be leading the world in helping those who are “poor,” in America and around the globe. And we have done so. That ...

Any doubts about poverty in America have been erased by the plight of New Orleans, where 30% lived below the official poverty line. Two-thirds of New Orleans' residents are African Americans, and news ...

Last month, a Wall Street portfolio manager named Michael Green created a bit of a stir with a Substack article headlined, “How a broken benchmark quietly broke America.” His provocative economic ...

President Donald Trump has cut programs helping lower-income households while advancing policies benefiting the wealthy and ...

On Tuesday night, March 10, 2026, Congressman Bennie G. Thompson won again. Mississippi's longest-serving member of Congress ...