With inflation impacting essential expenses like housing, transportation, and food, understanding where your income falls in ...

Deregulation, defunding of welfare programs, higher taxes on the poor, and weak labor laws lead to high poverty in the United ...

In 2015, then-President Barack Obama committed the United States to achieving newly adopted U.N. global goals by 2030.

"Invisible America" is a poignant film that delves into the harsh realities of poverty in the United States. Through ...

Oxfam recognizes the importance of looking closely at poverty that often gets too little attention—such as that which exists even in wealthy nations like the US. Hoping to call attention to the harsh ...

More than 38 million people live in poverty in the United States—the wealthiest country in the world. Oxfam exposes the realities of life for working poor people and offers pragmatic solutions to ...

The US Census Bureau is directed each year to establish a poverty threshold, but there is very little information accessible on what forms part of that calculation other than they increase as the ...

The only way to end the increasingly bleak outlook on poverty is actually to fix the housing crisis and not just talk about ...

To put those numbers in perspective, the median household income in 2025 is $75,580 — nearly three times the poverty threshold. Where you live in the United States has an impact on what is ...

The number of seniors living in poverty on Long Island spiked dramatically over the past decade. oksanamedvedeva - stock.adobe.com The number of elderly folks living in poverty on Long Island ...

Of those living in poverty, over 800 million people live in extreme poverty, surviving on less than US $1.25 a day. Skip to main content Toggle navigation Welcome to the United Nations ...

An illustration of the USA, ethnic minorities and social class. Also looks at class systems and positive role models in US society. This clip could be used to illustrate the inequalities among ...