New Census Bureau data highlights sharp contrasts in poverty across the U.S., with some states reporting rates nearly three ...

The expansion of federally financed benefits for low-income workers is driving incentives to underreport income.

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced that New Mexico would guarantee no-cost childcare for all residents starting Nov. 1.

New Mexico ranks last among all states on child well-being, but its Democratic governor has committed to be the first to ...

Idaho tied for second-worst child uninsured rate as states reevaluated Medicaid eligibility. One family paid $800/month ...

In an interview on CBS’ "Face the Nation" — aired Sept. 28, three days before government funding was set to run out — Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., said that if Republicans failed to extend the ...

By 1990, no Australian child will be living in poverty’. But his broken promise still had a surprising impact.

California's poverty rate is once again the highest in the country, new data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows. What's more, ...

The Department of Data went looking for geographic patterns in poverty, and stumbled upon a surprising culprit.

The final numbers for Joe Biden’s full term are nearly all in. Here’s our rundown of various statistical measures during his ...

Cal J. Halvorsen is an adviser to two research projects on programs to support older job seekers, funded by the U.S. Department of Labor and AmeriCorps Seniors. Ernest Gonzales received funding from ...

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