Green, a Wall Street investor, created a buzz in late 2025 by arguing that the U.S. poverty line should be jacked up to ...

Sri Lanka’s national poverty line increased to Rs. 16,730 per person per month in January 2026, up from Rs. 16,334 a year ...

In a major drive against ineligible Below Poverty Line (BPL) card holders, the State government has taken action against ...

Despite years of poverty reduction in the Philippines, many households—including a large share of the emerging middle class—remain highly vulnerable ...

A special episode brought to us by our friends at Control F: the surprising history of the federal poverty line.

The rise in the incidence of poverty is the reflection of a rising rate of unemployment, increasing inequality and falling real household incomes. The rate of unemployment has increased from 5.7 ...

March 8, 2026 - On Friday, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) joined dozens of House and Senate lawmakers in introducing the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Restoration Act, legislation that ...

New data shows nearly 80% of applicants for Texas’ Education Freedom Accounts program are already enrolled in private schools ...

Boomers have become the nation’s richest generation thanks to property, shares and the tax system, squeezing out every other generation.

With over 150,000 applications this week, Texas' Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock says the school voucher lottery may fill up ...

WELLFLEET — By day, she baked for locals and summer visitors at a pair of popular Cape Cod cafes. At night, she pulled her car into a nearby parking lot and tucked into a sleeping bag, trying to stay ...

A Kenyan woman who survived breast cancer is knitting prostheses and training others to make them in a country where silicone ones are expensive.