10 Worst States to Be Poor in America. Let’s talk about the worst states to live in poverty here in the USA. Living below the poverty line in the United States or any country for that matter sucks.

A disturbing statistic revealing the dismal state of health in America is that more than 40 percent of the population is obese (defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as having a ...

America's middle class is shrinking. The latest census classifies almost half of all Americans as either poor or "low income." As jobs disappear and government programs are cut back, more people are ...

The gap between the rich and poor in America is huge and well-known. But what’s not very well known is just how large it is. According to the London School of Economics and Political Science, “The ...

Social scientist Christopher Sandy Jencks gave a lecture titled “The War On Poverty: Did We Give Up Too Soon?” on Monday afternoon. In the lecture, Jencks provided students with a history of America’s ...

The United States remains the richest country in the world. Given that fact, we should be leading the world in helping those who are “poor,” in America and around the globe. And we have done so. That ...

What happens when you grow up poor in America—and stay in touch with the same filmmaker for more than a decade? In this episode of The FRONTLINE Dispatch podcast, host Raney Aronson-Rath speaks with ...

Poverty in the U.S. is a huge problem, with more people suffering from poverty and lack of healthcare than any other developed country. Are you ahead, or behind on retirement? SmartAsset's free tool ...

Want to buy a home in a city with a high cost of living such as Miami, New York or Los Angeles? Unless you earn substantially more than the average salary, most of your income likely will go toward ...

BOB GARFIELD: This is On the Media. I’m Bob Garfield. BROOKE GLADSTONE: And I’m Brooke Gladstone. Now starts the final lap in our poverty tour, which begins as we did, with the Virgil of our ...