During "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Sept. 19, 2024, we take the show to RMAPI's summit to talk with community members ...

Bridgeport, New Haven and Waterbury — with the highest number of census tracts facing concentrated poverty — also have high youth disconnection rates of 30% or more.

A small but determined group came out to protest a Proud Boys founder and far-right British political commentator's visit to ...

Even though they’re earning more they’re not really getting ahead," Timothy Smeeding, a leading expert on the poverty line, told USA TODAY. The uptick in the national poverty rate announced ...

and expenses than the traditional official poverty line. The overall Supplemental Poverty Measure slightly increased from 12.4% in 2022 to 12.9% in 2023. But child poverty rose faster than that ...

Census data paint a complicated picture of progress against poverty in 2023, as the national poverty rate fell, rose, or held ...

Vice President Kamala Harris has touted an economic vision for America called the “Opportunity Society.” The agenda harkens ...

A new report outlines the number of people who live above the poverty line, but still struggle to make a basic survival ...

For example, the federal poverty line would be $30,900 per year for a four-person family with two children under 18. But a family that rents—and thus is subject to greater housing instability an ...

The new data also reports that 12.5% of Arizonans live below the federal poverty line. Compared to other states, Arizona is solidly in the middle. The state is nearest to the overall US median ...

Child poverty rates have increased in the U.S. despite rising incomes, the Census Bureau has announced. Overall, the percentage of Americans experiencing poverty fell from 11.5 percent to 11.1 ...

I recently fell victim to the endless boredom that leads to pointless, mindless scrolling on Snapchat. Usually, tapping ...