A popular blogger says the real poverty line for a family of four is around $140,000. There has been pushback.

The idea that a family earning six figures could still feel poor sounds absurd until you start tallying rent, child care, ...

The claim that a family needs six figures just to avoid poverty sounds like a provocation, but it is rooted in a detailed ...

One analysis suggests that modern budgets push the effective poverty line far above official levels, revealing why many six-figure earners still feel financially strained.

A federal bill that would raise the poverty line to better reflect modern costs was reintroduced by U.S. Rep. Kevin Mullin, D-South San Francisco, according to his office. Mullin first introduced the ...

Wall Street strategist Michael Green caused a stir on social media last week with his outlandish claim that the federal poverty line should be raised to cover individuals earning as much as $140,000 ...

Can you afford to live in Mississippi? Most people need to make more than the federal minimum wage to afford groceries and pay bills without help. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's living ...