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.

Hiltzik: Is $140,000 really a poverty income? Clearly not, but the viral debate underscores the 'affordability' issue

A wealth manager wrote that $140,000 a year means poverty in today's America, sparking controversy. He's wrong, but he made a ...

With Poverty, Where Should America Draw the Line?

At least from a material perspective, things have never been better for many if not most Americans: Their homes are larger ...
Insider Monkey

20 States with the Lowest Poverty Rates in the US

The United States is the ‘land of opportunities’ for those who have the skill and the discipline to achieve something big in life. According to the US Census Bureau 2022 data, the poverty rate in the ...
The Nation

The Persistence of American Poverty

The persistence of American poverty. “We could afford to end poverty,” Matthew Desmond tells us. That we don’t is a choice. Early in my college teaching career, upon sharing an incidental detail of my ...
Insider Monkey

25 States with the Highest Poverty Rates in the US

In this article, we will be navigating through the poverty situation in the US, the disparity in state-level poverty, while covering the 25 states with the highest poverty rates in the country. If you ...
Time

The Surprising Poverty Levels Across the U.S.

The U.S. poverty rate saw its largest one-year increase in history. 12.4% of Americans now live in poverty according to new 2022 data from the U.S. census, an increase from 7.4% in 2021. Child poverty ...
Los Angeles Times

The seemingly intractable problem that the U.S. can actually solve

Even as incomes rose in 2023, the number of Americans living in poverty went up. More and more people are struggling to afford their basic needs. But this is a problem we can actually solve. With a ...
Forbes

2023 Poverty Rate By State, Per The Latest Census Data

Creek Street, the historic boardwalk in Ketchikan, Alaska. Alaska did not have the highest outright poverty rate. But it did experience a shocking increase in poverty among people aged 65 and older ...
The New York Times

We Need a New Global Measure for Poverty

Illustration by The New York Times. Photograph by Getty Images. By Max Roser Graphics by Sara Chodosh Mr. Roser is the founder of Our World in Data and a professor at the University of Oxford’s ...
The Economist

Class, race and the chances of outgrowing poverty in America

In late-20th-century music, the elusiveness of the American Dream is a recurring theme. From Stevie Wonder’s ode to a boy “born in hard time Mississippi” in 1973 to Bruce Springsteen’s anthems to the ...
The Christian Century

poverty in the United States

Washington is finally talking about increasing the minimum wage. Such a move comes with costs, but the benefits are far greater. If Rick Santorum wins the nomination, this could have at least one ...