The U.S. measure of poverty is an important social indicator that affects not only public perceptions of well-being in America, but also public policies and programs. The current measure was ...

New metric to measure poverty Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released a long-promised alternative method for measuring who’s officially considered poor and who isn’t. The old approach, established 50 ...

On September 14th, the Census Bureau will report the official poverty rate for 2020. In a typical year the poverty rate receives widespread attention as a key indicator of well-being in the United ...

Chairman Smith, Subcommittee Chairman LaHood, Ranking Member Davis, and distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify. I am Bruce Meyer, McCormick Foundation ...

Defining poverty is more than a “definitional trick” (“Will Biden Cross a Line on Poverty?” by Kevin Corinth, op-ed, May 23). Measuring economic poverty involves estimating a basic-needs budget or ...

The way the country defines poverty has ripple effects for people's ability to access government help, including the Women, Infants and Children nutrition program, known as WIC. (Justin Sullivan/Getty ...

This story is part of the Prospect’s series on how the next president can make progress without new legislation. Read all of our Day One Agenda articles here. It’s often cited that four out of ten ...

Wonder Land: Citing the president’s age lets Democrats off the hook for the political failure of his economic policies. Images: AP/AFP/EPA/Getty Images Composite: Mark Kelly The credibility of the ...

The measure of poverty in the United States, a basic basket of essential food items, hasn't changed in almost 60 years. One other stop we need to make before we delve into a look back at the look back ...

On Monday, the Census Bureau released a new poverty measure created by the Obama administration. Based on this new calculation, census officials assert that more than 49 million Americans are poor — ...

Sept 13 (Reuters) - A key measure of how many Americans lived in poverty in 2021 fell to a record low thanks in large part to federal government assistance measures aimed at supporting households ...