The idea of the poverty line dates back to 1963, when Mollie Orshansky, a statistician for the Social Security Administration, developed a method to measure how many families were unable to afford ...

Last year, 11.6% of people in the U.S. lived below the federal poverty level, a number that has ticked up in recent years, according to the Census Bureau. Experts say those numbers may be even higher ...

Ask Americans how they feel about their finances, and many will tell you they’re barely getting by — or worse. In recent ...

The idea that a family earning six figures could still feel poor sounds absurd until you start tallying rent, child care, ...