Although the overall U.S. poverty rate declined and incomes rose rapidly for the second straight year in 2016, many poor Americans fell deeper into poverty, according to a Pew Research Center analysis ...

Farm boy Brian Reisinger shares his family’s history on the land in southern Wisconsin in his new book "Land Rich/Cash Poor." ...

Rather, the benefits of such a family life should be available to all Americans, without regard to whether they are rich or poor, working-class or middle class.

Can Anything Really Be Done About Family Breakdown and American Poverty? A Long-read Q&A with Brad Wilcox. By James Pethokoukis. AEIdeas. March 11, 2014 ...

For starters, a poor child in American is far more likely to have a widescreen plasma television, cable or satellite TV, a computer and an Xbox or TiVo in his home than he is to be hungry.

In 2011, Steven Pressman estimated that a $4,000 family allowance, distributed to the parents of 40 million American children, would reduce child poverty to the level of other developed nations ...

In both good and bad economic environments, the typical American poor family with children is supported by only 800 hours of work during a year--the equivalent of 16 hours of work per week.

Why the average American family's net worth increased 37% during the pandemic. October 18, ... The survey also found the wealth gap between rich and poor narrowed somewhat during that period.

The second is a radical anti-poverty strategy running counter to centuries of American tradition and decades of welfare reform. By all means, let’s debate each on its own merits. But don’t ...