Older Americans Face Rising Poverty Rates: What This Means for Your Retirement

More older Americans were living in poverty in 2024, new data on income, poverty, and health insurance released by the Census ...

Millions of Poor Retirees Have Lost an Easier Path to Help With Medicare

The budget bill signed by President Trump suspended an effort to enroll more low-income older Americans in programs that ...
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FRONTLINE: Born Poor

Premieres Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+. An indelible look at the realities of growing up ...

The $5 Million American Dream: Why Poor Americans Are Struggling In Trump’s Economy

From hospital closures in rural America to soaring child care costs, policy failures are squeezing poor households. A moral ...

Over 500,000 Americans could soon slide into poverty

Yale University has warned that the impact of tariffs on prices could push as many as 875,000 Americans into poverty.
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More kids in America than ever are living with older relatives who receive Social Security — here’s what that means for child poverty

More young children in the U.S. are living with older adults who collect Social Security ... Read more: Here are 5 ‘must have’ items that Americans (almost) always overpay for — and very quickly ...

Trump’s tariffs could push nearly 1 million Americans into poverty, report finds

President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff regime is already reshaping global trade and spiking government customs revenue. But ...
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Poor People Are America’s Swing Voters

Reverend Dr. William Barber II speaks to marchers during the Mass Poor People's & Low-Wage Workers' Assembly on June 29, 2024 in Washington, DC. Credit - Jemal Countess/Getty Images But the reality of ...
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Poor People Are America’s Swing Voters

Reverend Dr. William Barber II speaks to marchers during the Mass Poor People's & Low-Wage Workers' Assembly on June 29, 2024 in Washington, DC. Reverend Dr. William Barber II speaks to marchers ...