7.8 million more Americans are living in poverty since the summer

Poverty rose by 2.4 percentage points from 9.3 percent in June to 11.7 percent in November, adding 7.8 million to the ranks of the poor. Poverty has risen each month since June, even though the ... Read More

U.S. poverty jumps the most in 60 years - CBS News

One-quarter of Americans are jobless or earn poverty wages 07:40. Of the various measures of the coronavirus pandemic's comet strike on the U.S. economy, one especially reveals the size of the ... Read More

Nearly 8 million Americans have fallen into poverty since the summer

Since June, poverty has risen the most for Black Americans (up 3.1 percentage points, or 1.4 million people) and for Americans with high school degrees or less (up 5.1 percentage points, or 5.2 ... Read More

A Resolution to End Poverty in the World's Wealthiest Country

By the fall of 2020, 8 million more Americans had been pushed into poverty. The American Rescue Plan, the Biden administration's COVID-19 relief package, brought crucial relief. But millions of ... Read More

Employers are failing to insure the working class – Medicaid cuts would leave them even more vulnerable

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that 7.8 million Americans across the U.S. would lose their coverage through Medicaid – the public program that provides health insurance to low-income ... Read More

First Stimulus Check Prevented Around 12.5 Million Americans from Poverty, Study Finds - Newsweek

A new study shows the financial support Americans received through the economic stimulus package Congress passed in March prevented around 12.5 million people from falling below the poverty line. Read More

Millions of Americans live in extreme poverty. Here’s how they get by.

In 2011, 1.65 million American households, including 3.55 million children, lived on less than $2 a day per person. Accessibility statement Skip to main content Democracy Dies in Darkness ... Read More

The Criminalization of Poverty Is Creating a More Violent World

In a dramatic return to pre-pandemic conditions, this included 60 percent of Latinos (38.9 million), 59 percent of Native Americans (2.3 million), 55 percent of Blacks (22.5million), 36 percent of ... Read More