As climate change causes the plant to warm and people crank up their air-conditioning, Americans are spending increasingly more money on their energy bills. This means more people are experiencing ...

Michigan’s child poverty rate has climbed to 10%, according to a new report, and it suggests without the Supplemental ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — If you look at the numbers, both Ohio and the city of Toledo are above the national average when it comes to poverty. At the Main Library in downtown Toledo, the Bridges Out of Poverty ...

For one San Diego woman, it’s losing the government benefits that helped feed her family because she got a $1 an hour raise. For another, it’s feeling like you’re not quite drowning, but always ...

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 ...

The end of pandemic-era economic policies has led to a surge in child poverty nationwide, according to a new report. The Annie E. Casey Foundation found programs like the expanded Child Tax Credit and ...

Illustration by The New York Times. Photograph by Getty Images. By Max Roser Graphics by Sara Chodosh Mr. Roser is the founder of Our World in Data and a professor at the University of Oxford’s ...

SNAP benefits won't go out Nov. 1 if the government shutdown continues. How many people in Mississippi get help? How much?

The declaration follows a targeted four-year push led by local bodies under the state’s Extreme Poverty Eradication Programme ...

AKRON, Ohio - A new set of data released by the Census Bureau offers updates of details on a variety of topics for every place in the United States. Here’s a look at those details for Summit County, ...