Understanding the Poverty Gap: Definition, Measurement, and Index

Learn how the poverty gap measures poverty's intensity through income shortfalls from the poverty line, and explore its importance in economic analysis.

A viral post claims $140,000 is the new poverty line. Here's the math

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

Is $136,500 the poverty line? Investor says benefits vanish fast

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

Poverty Reduction Programs Do Not Reduce Poverty

Over the last 50 years, the proportion of Americans living in poverty has remained virtually unchanged. In 2023, 11 percent ...
National Catholic Reporter

Sociologist: Ending US poverty is doable but requires 'each of us' to 'become poverty abolitionists'

Why, asks Matthew Desmond — the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Poverty, By America" (Crown) and a professor of sociology at Princeton University — is there so much destitution in America? Desmond — ...
Forbes

Poverty Impedes Children’s Education Long Before They Enter The Classroom — Here’s How We Can Change That

Within the United States, education is commonly regarded as an equalizer to opportunity and upward mobility. In reality, there are countless impediments in the system that exclude low-income children ...

Could the Poverty Line Really Be $140,000 a Year? Here’s What the Data Shows

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.
Newsweek

Poverty Is Killing Nearly 200,000 Americans a Year

The land of the free is suffering from a "self-inflicted" injustice when it comes to poverty, experts say, as the rich are getting richer while thousands living without sufficient means die every year ...
The Philadelphia CitizenOpinion

Ali Velshi Explains How The Poverty Line is a Lie

Ali Velshi on how Donald Trump's gaslighting address on the economy ignores the struggle for Americans in poverty ...
The Nation

“Culture of Poverty” Is a Made-Up Concept

Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) heads to a vote in the Senate at the US Capitol. (Samuel Corum / Getty Images) EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of ...

Dear fellow Nottingham Forest fans, there’s no excuse for poverty chanting

The other team aren't the enemy - and supporters should think about that before weaponising poverty in the name of 'banter' ...
VTDigger

Government assistance lifts Vermonters out of poverty, but the work is far from done

Get Vermont news sent to your inbox. Daily Digger is everything you need to know to start your day, delivered Monday-Saturday morning. People prepare free hot and cold meals for distribution by the ...