New Data Makes Clear Poverty is a Policy Choice

Last week, the U.S. Census Bureau released new data showing what we had feared: a devastating rise in U.S. poverty.

New proof that poverty is a policy choice - Robert Reich | Substack

Census data released Tuesday provides clear evidence of the choice that's been made. The number of people with incomes below the poverty ...

Census data shows us poverty is a policy choice

As mentioned, the American Community Survey tracks poverty solely based on monetary income. Because New Mexico has worked to improve income and ...

New statistics tell the sad tale of poverty as a policy choice

POLITICS OF POVERTY: The Census Bureau just released income and poverty statistics for 2022, and the numbers reveal a lot about how policy ...

New Data Makes Clear Poverty is a Policy Choice

On Tuesday, the U.S. Census Bureau released new data showing what we had feared: a devastating rise in U.S. poverty.

Census Data Underscores That Poverty Is A Policy Choice

Despite the dramatic worsening of poverty, the data also affirms the vital role of the government to lift children and families out of poverty ...

Poverty is a policy choice: State-level data show pandemic safety ...

The year 2021 proved to be a remarkable showcase of the power of public policies in alleviating economic hardship. This week, the Census ...

CNN: Poverty is a Policy Choice We Can't Afford to Make Anymore

82% of Voters Support Broad Eligibility of the Child Tax Credit, As Census Data Shows Child Poverty Doubled After Program's Lapse in 2022.

Record Rise in Poverty Highlights Importance of Child Tax Credit

Today's stunning rise in poverty is the direct result of policy choices — including Congress's decision to allow the successful Child Tax ...

It's Now Clearer Than Ever: The US Is Choosing to Impoverish ...

Robert Reich has been telling us for years that policymakers have the power to end—or increase—poverty. New Census data proves him right ...

Poverty is a policy choice: Choose your candidate wisely - The Hill

Despite all the talk about economic growth and opportunity, poverty in this country remains a problem. That's not an accident — it's a ...

Expiration of Pandemic Relief Led to Record Increases in Poverty ...

Overall poverty and child poverty rose in 2022 by the largest amounts on record in data back to 1967, a sharp retreat from the historic progress made during ...

Fact Sheet: U.S. Child Poverty Has Significantly Increased

The increase in child poverty in 2022 is unacceptable. The progress made in 2021 proved that child poverty is a policy choice — and one that ...

Three Takeaways from New Census Data on US Poverty and Income

The headline figures show that that incomes are up, while poverty is down. But a deeper dive into the data reveals that the truth is more ...

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That's roughly 16%. MPI calculates 22%. four hundred million people. $1.25 a day is designed to make the whole world look better than the true ...

The pandemic showed us that poverty is a policy choice – we must ...

Taxes and government benefits reduce inequality · Share of total income, consumption and savings by each household income quintile · What makes up ...

New Data shows a 163% increase in child poverty since 2021

Maintaining this high level of child poverty is a conscious policy choice. In 2021 the United States cut child poverty nearly in half ...

The 2023 Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Reports: Strong ...

Today's report contains a clear policy message: income, poverty, and health insurance outcomes are driven not just by market outcomes, but by ...

The data is in: Poverty is a political choice - The Hill

New data from the US Census Bureau reveals that there were a whopping 45 million fewer Americans in poverty in 2021 than in 2020.

America keeps choosing poverty — but it doesn't have to - Vox

This is one theme we'll be exploring in Within Our Means — who stands to benefit and who stands to lose from the policies our lawmakers choose ...