Child poverty showed a similar trend, dropping from 9% to 5.2% between 2020 and 2021, but rising more than two-fold in 2022. All of the Western states experienced drastic increases in poverty.

For Americans struggling with poverty, ‘the safety net in the United States is very, very weak,’ expert says June 22, 2021 More than 3 years ago Summary ...

Last year saw the largest one-year reduction of child poverty in history. It is important to note, however, that these child tax credit provisions expired at the end of 2021.

Minimum Wage is Not Enough: A True Living Wage is Necessary to Reduce Poverty and Improve Health 2021 Overview The federal minimum wage has remained stagnant at $7.25 per hour for the past 12 years.

The American Rescue Plan in 2021 expanded the IRS’s benefits portfolio even further, increasing the EITC for childless workers, establishing a new round of relief payments, and overhauling the ...

Expansion of social protection measures stood out as the most successful measure to reduce poverty and hunger. 18% of global stimulus packages were spent on social protection measures, with total ...

Overturning Roe is the pro-poverty position.If the conservative movement sees ultimate succes in Dobbs, the rest of the country will soon relearn that outlawing abortion is a pro-poverty policy ...