· Researchers at the University of Freiburg quantify the amount of material needed to enable people to live without poverty. · Nutrition and mobility patterns have major impact on resource demand. · ...

If the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has its way, a new federal poverty calculation will underestimate the number of families — and children — living in poverty even more than it does ...

The Trump administration is considering changing the way the government measures poverty, which has anti-poverty groups worried that many low-income individuals will be pushed off assistance programs ...

Each September, the US Census Bureau releases its annual report on “Income and Poverty in the United States,” summarizing data collected in the year prior. This year, many people will dismiss the ...

This story is part of the Prospect’s series on how the next president can make progress without new legislation. Read all of our Day One Agenda articles here. It’s often cited that four out of ten ...