More than 9 million children — about 13% — are living in poverty in the U.S., according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

According to the recent U.S. Census Bureau data, there are currently 38 million people living in poverty— and 21 million are women. And among them, next to Indian/Non-Hispanic women, Black women have ...

Even as inflation remains high and COVID stubbornly persists, economic indicators show a potential for remarkable resiliency when the political will exists. New data from the U.S. Census Bureau ...

While the economy was a key topic of discussion for the two presidential candidates when they met on the debate stage for the first time on Tuesday, the duel ended without explicit consideration of ...

To continue growing the middle class, Congress and the Biden administration should learn from what worked in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic and associated recession that led to ...

Nigeria’s poverty debate has drifted into a dangerous simplification. A single figure appears, detached from its assumptions, ...

Much of North Carolina's school poverty data comes through the school lunch program. This article originally appeared in WFAE reporter Ann Doss Helms' weekly education newsletter. To get the latest ...