Poverty in the U.S. The number of Americans struggling to get by has increased in the past few years. The U.S. Census Bureau produces annual poverty estimates to measure the economic well-being of ...

Non-cash benefits bring many Americans above the poverty line — and our poverty statistics should reflect that.

The U.S. government’s most accurate measure of child poverty fell to 5.2 percent in 2021, the lowest level on record and a decline of 4.5 percentage points from a year earlier. This sharp reduction ...

Official figures going back to 2018 are set to take billions in under-reported benefits income into account.

Britain is set for another dodgy data scandal. In last Friday’s Reality Check newsletter I picked up on reporting from ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

A Theory of the Epstein Files as #MeToo Two American-Born Skier Eileen Gu Gets Paid Millions by the Chinese Government Audio By Carbonatix In conversations about Social Security, opponents of reform ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Federal officials have released a new report on national poverty statistics which shows how many people are living in or near poverty in Kansas. The U.S. Census Bureau (USCB) recently ...

The Jamestown, Brocton and Dunkirk school districts recently ranked 17 and 21, 32, respectively, on a list of the top 50 Upstate New York Schools in poverty among district throughout the state. The ...