The insurance protection that Social Security programs provide has tangible economic benefits. Without them, we all need to ...

The real question is whether the US ever will. The current federal poverty line for the 48 contiguous states and Washington, DC, is $15,060 a year for one person, $20,440 for a family of two ...

Thirty-seven million Americans live below the official poverty line. Millions more struggle ... Poverty in the United States is far higher than in many other developed nations.

Currently, the poverty line is set by the Department of Health and Human Services at an annual income of $15,650 for individuals and $32,150 for a family of four in the continental United States ...

Poverty led to social problems across America. Dr Martin Luther King Jnr blamed poverty as a cause of the Watts Riots in Los Angeles in 1965.

We are featuring a selection of photos, courtesy of Stefen Chow and The Poverty Line project. Many thanks to Chow for giving us permission to feature his work. Bangkok, Thailand: THB 52.87 (US $1. ...

1. c) The international poverty line set by The World Bank is a global benchmark, currently $1.90 a day per person in 2011 purchasing power parity terms, below which a person's minimum nutrition ...

The poverty lines include the World Bank’s $2.15 per day (2017 PPP prices) International Poverty Line, as well as the World Bank’s Upper-Middle-Income and Lower-Middle-Income poverty lines ($6.85 per ...

The report introduces a new international poverty line of $1.90 a day: the minimum amount needed to meet the most basic needs in 15 of the poorest countries in the world. The World Bank projects the ...

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Opinion ... 322,000 Wisconsinites would have to survive on incomes below the poverty line (about $16,000 for a single person in 2025). Given the decline of ...