Poverty

They also face workplace discrimination.

The temporary 2021 expanded child tax credit helped millions out of poverty. A new bill will enhance the tax credit, although experts say it will have trouble passing in Congress.

The two challenges are interrelated, and a new report from the McKinsey Global Institute says they must be addressed in tandem.

The expiration of pandemic-era government benefits is partially responsible for the increases in poverty.

Fast-food workers, who are often paid low wages and work limited hours, make up 11% of homeless workers in California, a study finds.

The supplemental poverty rate fell to its lowest since 2009. Children living in poverty fell by almost half.

In an excerpt from "The Fight to Save the Town," the author describes how residents get by in an Oregon county with a declining government.

The report from Robin Hood and Columbia University sheds light on the enduring economic hardship faced by many New Yorkers.

Early studies find that the enhanced credit reduced childhood poverty and food insufficiency.

The Census Bureau's supplemental poverty measure showed a big decline from 2019, despite a year of pandemic-induced economic disruption.