The following information was released by the United States Census Bureau: The U.S. Census Bureau today announced that real median household income was $83,730 in 2024, not statistically different ...

The World Bank Group has set a clear mission: ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity on a livable planet. This report offers the first post-pandemic assessment of global progress toward these ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Around 1 in 5 children today are living in extreme poverty, according to new World Bank-UNICEF research. In 2024, an estimated 412 million children aged 17 or younger were residing in households ...

Recent pilot programs for guaranteed income, or direct and recurring cash payments, are improving the daily lives of hard-working Americans across the nation. Lucile O’Quinn in Saint Paul, Minn., used ...

Any keen observer of events would agree that it is a truism that there is a correlation between poverty and crime, such that both could be referred to as first cousins. This has become more apparent ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is among President Trump's Cabinet heads who try to smile away the economic reality facing ...

As climate change causes the plant to warm and people crank up their air-conditioning, Americans are spending increasingly more money on their energy bills. This means more people are experiencing ...