When the American Rescue Plan Act passed Congress in the spring of 2021, it mandated an expanded child tax credit, which included monthly payments from July to December. Almost immediately after the ...

Bishop William Barber, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, says it’s “grotesque and immoral” that poverty is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, higher than homicide and ...

James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. Toby Walters is a financial writer, investor, and lifelong learner. He has a passion for analyzing economic and ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Roger Valdez writes about housing economics and policy. Eviction for lack of ability to pay rent is a symptom of pernicious ...

Jigawa State Governor, Malam Umar Namadi, has identified poverty as the fundamental cause of the challenges confronting the ...

New Haven, and most Connecticut cities, have a self-inflicted problem: concentrated poverty. Concentrated poverty comes with lack of quality schools, job opportunities, safe streets, and access to ...

Oren Cass is one of the leading conservative domestic-policy wonks. He previously served as policy director for Mitt Romney’s presidential campaigns, but now his former boss has gone soft on the poor, ...

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The rate of child poverty was 16.2% in 2018, slightly down from 2017, according to data released today by the Census Bureau. But experts have expressed concern that a new immigration rule will cause ...