State media, embracing the gaming phrase “kill line,” is asserting China’s political superiority over the United States, ...

The poverty rate in the United States increased last year, the first increase in 13 years, according to the Census Bureau. In 2022, the poverty rate was 12.4%, up 4.6% from 2021, according to the ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The main gauge of U.S. poverty did not change significantly in 2024, and household income also remained about level except for gains among the wealthiest Americans, the U.S.

Michael W. Green did some math recently. For a family of four to afford housing, health care, child care and other necessities, he calculated that they would need at least $136,500 a year. The U.S.

Gov. Gavin Newsom often boasts that California, if it were a country, would have the world’s fourth-largest economy. But despite its wealth, the state has also seen a sharp increase in poverty since ...

*This is the kind of news that makes you wonder just what the hell is really going on in these United States of America. That’s because since 1978, China has lifted over 800 million people out of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most U.S. adults think personal choices are a major driver of poverty and homelessness, according to a new poll, while fewer blame a lack of government support. However, just over ...

Democrats in recent years have used concerns about “inequality” to attack free-market capitalism, a system that has created the wealthiest country in the history of the world. But as more in-depth ...

New Census Bureau data highlights sharp contrasts in poverty across the U.S., with some states reporting rates nearly three times higher than others. Over the three-year period from 2022 through 2024, ...