Part 2 of a series explaining how, evidence to the contrary, most Americans, most journalists and most policymakers believe the U.S. retirement system is failing. Drawn from The Real Retirement Crisis ...

The idea of the poverty line dates back to 1963, when Mollie Orshansky, a statistician for the Social Security Administration, developed a method to measure how many families were unable to afford ...

The Federal Poverty Guidelines (FPL) are a critical measure for determining eligibility for various federal assistance programs. Published annually by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ...

The U.S. Census Bureau measures poverty by comparing a household’s pre-tax income to a set poverty threshold. This threshold is the amount of money needed to cover basic needs. While some states have ...