Social Security benefits play a vital role in reducing poverty in every state, and they lift more people above the poverty line than any other program in the United States. Without Social Security, 23 ...

In recent years, the economic landscape has shifted dramatically, leaving many Americans grappling with the rising cost of ...

The claim that a family needs six figures just to avoid poverty sounds like a provocation, but it is rooted in a detailed attempt to price out a very ordinary American life. A Wall Street strategist ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Aisha Nyandoro is a leading voice on equitable economic policies. It’s time to retire the outdated federal poverty line and ...

Total falsehoods: "I want for people to recognize a great job that I've done on pricing, on affordability, because we brought prices way down," said President Donald Trump on Monday. (The White House ...

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 ...