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May 7, 2014 · Desiree Metcalf's story is heartbreaking, but among the 46 million Americans who are poor today, her story is not unique. Metcalf is 24 years old. She's the mother of three little girls — ages...
In 2021, there were 7,415,000 families in poverty, an increase of 131,000 families or 1.80% from 2020. Families in poverty are defined based on income thresholds that vary depending on family size and composition. If the total income for the family is below the threshold, every individual in the family is considered poor.
Mar 9, 2023 · As estimated by the federal government’s poverty line, 12.6 percent of the U.S. population was poor in 1970; two decades later, it was 13.5 percent; in 2010, it was 15.1 percent; and in 2019, it...
- Matthew Desmond
Dec 2, 2019 · Research suggests the most effective way to help poor people can be to give them no-strings-attached cash. Now a new study finds even neighbors who don't get the aid benefit.
- Nurith Aizenman
May 17, 2019 · Social scientists have long understood that a child’s environment — in particular growing up in poverty — can have long-lasting effects on their success later in life. What’s less well understood is exactly how. A new Harvard study is beginning to pry open that black box.
Jul 19, 2022 · One study found that those who "became rich" had less sympathy for those currently experiencing poverty than those who were "born rich." Steve Jobs is an example of a wealthy public figure who ...
While white children experience poverty at a rate of 11 percent, around 27 percent of Hispanic children, 31 percent of black children and 34 percent of Native American children in America today are...
