SSI reform is far more cost-effective than fighting poverty through Social Security.

Whenever the Census poverty reports are released, significant attention is rightly paid to child poverty. Here, too, this year’s report offers a confusing picture of child poverty, driven by changes ...

Two new documentaries take a hard look at the struggles of low-income and middle class families to access the basics—like food, housing, healthcare and education. By signing up, you confirm that you ...

Since 1990, the World Bank has reported estimates of the number of people worldwide that live in extreme poverty. This poverty standard is based on how the poorest countries in the world define ...

In a prior blog post, we reviewed key issues needed to understand the overall picture in this week’s Census poverty report. Next, we turn to the important subject of child poverty. Whenever the Census ...