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

Over the last 50 years, the proportion of Americans living in poverty has remained virtually unchanged. In 2023, 11 percent of American’s lived below the poverty line. In 1973, that number was also 11 ...

An ad hoc committee will analyze the evidence on key determinants of entrenched poverty and the effectiveness of programs designed to address those determinants to identify policies and programs with ...

Children. By Halfpoint via iStock for WMNF. Recently released 2024 U.S census data show little progress on child poverty, with the numbers slightly down from 2023 but still way above what they were in ...

Ariel Williams, a 36-year-old southside Indianapolis resident, poses in front of one of her paintings. Williams has been part of the Circles Johnson County program since 2023, helping improve her ...

The idea of the poverty line dates back to 1963, when Mollie Orshansky, a statistician for the Social Security Administration, developed a method to measure how many families were unable to afford ...

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