| 单词 | poverty line |
| 例句 | “What else can I tell you? The population is two point nine million. Between one and ten percent of people identify as Rastafarians. Twenty percent of Jamaicans live below the poverty line.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Having stumbled upon a tolerable career, for the first time in my life I was actually living above the poverty line. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Over half of the eight thousand residents lived below the poverty line. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Now say you have a black guy—not Justyce, but someone else—whose single parent’s income falls beneath the poverty line. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Asked point-blank about small farmers being forced into poverty in a recent conference, Super responded: “Which poverty line are you referring to? Is that a national poverty line, is that a state poverty line?” John Oliver destroys “‘chicken-f*cker” lawmakers who let big companies drive farmers below the poverty line 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z She reminds me, “There are 1.5 million Brits who used a food bank last year, and 4.2 million are currently below the poverty line.” Canned foods helped her through poverty. Now Britain’s ‘Tin Can Cook’ inspires others with her budget recipes. 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z The Westerners tend to live a bit closer to both nature and the poverty line, and a whole lot farther from town. Stories Filled With Strivers, Schemers and Adventurers 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z Even so, some 43 million Americans, including at least 14 million children, still live below the poverty line. In ‘By the People,’ Designing for the Underserved and Overlooked 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Dreilinger’s carefully researched homage to a field that is often belittled chronicles its origins in practical science and its key role in establishing nutritional standards, the federal poverty line, radio programming and more. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Children who grow up in families that live below the poverty line are about half as likely to have their parents read to them as children living well above the poverty line. Read to babies every day, pediatricians now say 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z “A lot of our children fall below the poverty line, and just being able to read and having that skill will set them up to better improve their lives,” Carter said. Meet the ‘Book Lady.’ She’s determined to donate 1 million books to Virginia kids. 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z The data is imperfect, based on self-reporting, and does not always differentiate between very different groups who live below the poverty line. 5 reasons drug testing welfare recipients is profoundly stupid 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z "Thus, 130 percent of the poverty line for a three-person family is $2,495 a month, or about $29,940 a year. The poverty level is higher for bigger families and lower for smaller families." How to create a realistic grocery budget (and actually stick to it) 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z Over 40 million Americans live below the poverty line, including one in five children under the age of 6. Chris Hughes Made Millions at Facebook. Now He Has a Plan to End Poverty. 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z Mr. Messina’s novelist, stung by the devastating reviews for his second book and by Ms. Ireland’s indifference to his pain, remarks that teachers barely survive over the poverty line. Movie Review: ‘28 Hotel Rooms,’ by Matt Ross, With Marin Ireland 2012-11-16T01:40:55Z With unemployment nudging 35%, and at least a third of the population living below the poverty line, the scheme has provoked violent protests and grassroots opposition. Alexander the Great or a warrior on a horse? 2011-08-14T13:50:56Z This country of 14 million people, riven by civil war and plagued by armed gangs, specialises in depressing statistics: 75% of the population lives below the poverty line; 97% of murders go unpunished. TV review: Toughest Place to Be a ? Paramedic 2011-02-14T08:00:01Z But when asked to comment about their impoverished contract farmers, a spokesman for the National Chicken Council asked, “Which poverty line are you referring to?” John Oliver Has Beef with the Treatment of Chicken Farmers 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z And three-quarters of Americans will experience either poverty or near poverty, just above the poverty line. For Americans struggling with poverty, ‘the safety net in the United States is very, very weak,’ expert says 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z Many adjuncts — despite having the same PhDs as tenured professors and often, more teaching experience and publishing credits — live below the poverty line. With a storyline about the adjunct crisis, “Lucky Hank” moves to the head of the class 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z Nearly half of Kentucky's children live in households below 200% of the federal poverty line. Solving childhood hunger shouldn't be a partisan issue 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z The median income for residents, according to the 2009 American Community Survey, is $24,821, and 30 percent of families are below the poverty line. Chicago News Cooperative: Gary Lures Hollywood With a Bounty of Decay 2011-08-21T05:33:02Z He was, basically, below the poverty line, living in his son's flat in Harlem. When the music fades: US musicians' healthcare crisis 2010-09-16T21:45:00Z Many adjuncts — despite having the same PhDs as tenured professors and often, more teaching experience and publishing credits — live below the poverty line. With a storyline about the adjunct crisis, “Lucky Hank” moves to the head of the class 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z These items belie, of course, the reality that roughly twenty percent of Americans — nearly 60 million people — lack access to the internet and that another 45 million Americans live below the poverty line. The “struggle” is not real: From tiny houses to my own lunch, poverty chic commodifies working-class life 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z But rather than focusing on the migrants’ fate, Franco-Senegalese Diop highlights the challenges and struggles faced by many young people inside Senegal, where around half the population live below the poverty line. Award-winning film 'Atlantics' offers haunting take on life in Senegal 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z The essentials: Hunger for food, shelter and understanding links three portraits of life below the poverty line, drawn from interviews and collaborations with American families selected from South L.A., The 99-Seat Beat: A twist on Dickens, a 'Latina Christmas Special' and more 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Almost one in three city residents live below the poverty line, according to U.S. As Atlantic City's fortunes fade, casino workers fear bleak future 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z About 28 million married Americans and their children lived below or near the poverty line in 2013, according to the federal Government Accountability Office. Marriage, Poverty and the Political Divide 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z Cash economies are weak, utilities and fuel are expensive and many families live below the federal poverty line. In Alaska’s Far-Flung Villages, Happiness Is a Cake Mix 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z Paraguay is the fastest-growing country in the Americas, but nearly a third of its population lives below the poverty line. Paraguayan landfill orchestra makes sweet music from rubbish 2013-04-26T14:02:55Z One in five people in Hong Kong, or 1.35 million people, fall beneath the poverty line, a record high, according to the government’s Poverty Situation Report released last Friday. HK tycoon pledges $128 million to charity as index passes milestone 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z And then half of those students, about 10 percent of all American children, are growing up in families that earn less than half of the poverty line. Teachers aren’t the problem 2012-09-05T11:45:00Z And if I lose everything, my very penury may, statistically speaking, push some of my fellow countrymen above the poverty line. Do you hate football and want to help the poor? Take up gambling 2010-06-19T23:05:00Z In Flint, Michigan, where just under half of the city’s residents live below the poverty line, supermarkets keep closing. The Shopper Bus 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z I lived below the poverty line when I was young, and starting out as a writer. Q. and A.: Joe R. Lansdale on ‘Hap and Leonard,’ Poverty and Writing a Gay Character 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z "Nearly half of Kentucky's children live in households below 200% of the federal poverty line. I was one of them. He doesn't see us." Solving childhood hunger shouldn't be a partisan issue 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z In West Africa, which grows 60 to 70 percent of the world’s beans, many cacao farmers live below the poverty line, making less than $1.90 a day. Everything You Need to Know About Chocolate 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z There's attention on the amount of people living below the poverty line and the disparity between the rich and the poor and everything that's going on now ... Black Keys, Foo Fighters sign up for charity show 2012-08-07T11:40:17Z Approximately 11.5% of residents live below the poverty line, according to census data. This California city wants to ban all junk foods from being sold at supermarket checkout aisles 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z And girls whose families live below the poverty line also started taking the vaccination more frequently than women above the poverty line. HPV vaccine rates higher in poor and Latino communities, study finds 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z We've got a cabinet full of millionaires, but millions on the poverty line. iLL Manors – reviews 2012-05-26T23:03:05Z The artistic duo apply their statistical approach to the problem of global inequality, visiting 36 countries in 10 years to understand, through food, the everyday sacrifices made by those living at the poverty line. Newly Published, From James Baldwin to a Life-Changing Dog 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z As Stoddard writes, “the federal government considered the wages of the average steelworker to be below the poverty line; they would not rise above it until 1953.” ‘Steel’ review: Honoring the industry that once symbolized our strength 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Fifty-nine percent of Haitians live under the national poverty line of $2.41 a day. In Haiti, Tracing a Paradise Lost 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z More than one in five residents lives below the poverty line. Can rural America be saved? A new national ‘challenge’ tries to see. 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Have you ever lived for at least a year in the United States at a family income that was close to or below the poverty line? ArtsBeat: Black and White: Charles Murray and Baratunde Thurston Quiz Each Other 2012-02-10T18:58:42Z “With more than one out of four Philadelphia families struggling at or below the poverty line, lessening the direct impact on residents was the mayor’s priority,” Ms. Cox wrote in an email. Cuts to the Arts Help Philadelphia Address Huge Budget Gap 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z More than a quarter of residents live under the poverty line. In Mississippi, small-town bluesman keeps aging music alive 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z Or think of Greenwood, Mississippi, where half of all blacks live below the poverty line; or Wilcox County, Alabama, where 50.2 percent of blacks live in poverty compared to 8.8 percent of whites. The real forgotten Americans: School-to-prison pipelines, poverty and crime down south 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z Today there are about nine thousand sites serving more than twenty-two million patients, 70 percent of whom have incomes below the poverty line. The case for Medicare for all — plus 7 smaller steps to fix U.S. health care 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z “That’s about how the system doesn’t really work for families living near the poverty line,” Wells said. ‘Shameless’ Showrunner Says Goodbye to the Gallaghers 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z But the story Ms. Lloyd tells of her Iowa childhood is about living under the poverty line. Patricia Ione Lloyd, a Playwright With a Taste for Glamour 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z For the first time in my son's life, we are not living below the poverty line. Why is Joe Burrow so great? Because he’s from Appalachia 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z So if you are on the poverty line, as many are here, well, you do not have savings. Hurricane Irene, one year later 2012-08-27T16:42:00Z In 2008, we watched ourselves go from being an affluent family to living below the poverty line. Motherlode Blog: Losing the Family Car 2011-10-04T19:05:02Z Economic opportunities are lacking for everyone in Cambodia, where three-quarters of the population lives below or just above the poverty line. Virginity for sale: inside Cambodia's shocking trade 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z According to the Census Bureau, half the population lives below the federal poverty line, though some assessments have placed the reservation’s poverty rate in excess of 90 percent. A Maryland 7-year-old was bullied. He responded by opening a food pantry. 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z These are the ones who were working jobs, in many cases multiple jobs, and still living below the poverty line. "It's not a enough to indict individuals; we have to indict systems": Author Wes Moore on racism 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z “I mean, come on. Design is a luxury to begin with for most people. A majority of African-Americans in this country are living at the poverty line,” he said. Opening the Doors of Design 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z The gallows humor inherent in your stories seems to be a response to how bleak life is for people who live below the poverty line. Q. and A.: Joe R. Lansdale on ‘Hap and Leonard,’ Poverty and Writing a Gay Character 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z One of those people was the school superintendent in New London, Connecticut, a small town of about 27,000 people where more than a quarter of the population lives below the poverty line. Brigaid is in the business of transforming school food 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z Fifty-seven percent of the families below the poverty line in the U.S. are working families, working at jobs that just don’t pay enough. “Hi, I’m right here”: An open letter to Paul Ryan about poverty and empathy 2014-03-10T23:00:00Z Despite those impressive stats, according to Oliver, a surprisingly large percentage of those contract chicken farmers live at or below the poverty line. John Oliver Has Beef with the Treatment of Chicken Farmers 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z His mother left when he was three years old and his father, a barber, brought him up "just above the poverty line". Love music love food: pop will eat itself 2011-07-15T22:00:00Z This experience isn't rare; many poor mothers with abusive partners are punished for struggling to parent while facing abuse, living below the poverty line, and receiving no help. Netflix's "Maid" shows all the ways that our society – and the men in it – enable abusers 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z We show that 60 percent of the population between 20 and 75 will experience one year below the official poverty line, which is very conservative. For Americans struggling with poverty, ‘the safety net in the United States is very, very weak,’ expert says 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z Wells: We have a group of people who are living close to the poverty line. Pandemic casts inevitable shadow on final ‘Shameless’ season 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z In 2009, the Obama administration expanded Medicaid to cover millions more Americans above the poverty line. Alabama: black women die of cervical cancer at more than twice national average 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z It follows the lives of eight families in Milwaukee, some black and some white, all several leagues below the poverty line. Review: In ‘Evicted,’ Home Is an Elusive Goal for America’s Poor 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z Before his viral fame Doggface was living in a trailer in Idaho, way below the poverty line, without water or electricity. In case you missed them: the Guardian's unsung heroes of 2020 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z The rest of this monthly series will give the same treatment to families below the poverty line in Miami and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A Podcast Playlist of the Summer’s Hottest 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z King cited a study showing the current median income of writers as below the poverty line, according to Deadline. Authors are celebrating a federal court's decision to block the merger of two mega-publishers 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z Families living with poverty are spending a greater proportion of their income on child care than families with incomes above the poverty line: 40 percent compared with 7 percent. Motherlode Blog: The Census Bureau Counts Fathers as 'Child Care' 2012-02-08T17:36:59Z One in five people in Hong Kong, or 1.35 million people, fall beneath the poverty line, a record high, according to the government’s Poverty Situation Report released last Friday. HK tycoon pledges $128 million to charity as index passes milestone 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z “The poverty line is like the age of consent,” Oliver fired back. John Oliver destroys “‘chicken-f*cker” lawmakers who let big companies drive farmers below the poverty line 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z A new study to be released on Wednesday challenges that assertion, however, and concludes that federally supported arts programs attract people across the income spectrum; the wealthy, yes, but also many below the poverty line. N.E.A. Funds Benefit Both Rich and Poor, Study Finds 2014-02-04T23:00:01Z The locale’s modesty reflects the working-class identity of a rough-edged town where more than a quarter of residents live below the poverty line. International art invades the suburban Coachella Valley: The best of 'Desert X' 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Almost 47 million Americans were below the poverty line in 2014. Ball pits, buskers and ‘ninja gardeners’: This business conference is a circus. 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z How about the majority of them had jobs, and just weren't getting paid enough, were still living below the poverty line? "It's not a enough to indict individuals; we have to indict systems": Author Wes Moore on racism 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z In contrast, barely more than 1 percent of those whose incomes exceeded the poverty line by four times or more said they felt similar mental anguish. America’s never-ending war on poor people: Why “The Briefcase” is just the latest assault 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z They reveal his early concern for those who lived below the poverty line. Reading Che Guevara in his own words 2010-10-12T08:37:00Z Seventy-six percent of clients are at or below the poverty line. A 105th birthday party and Dancing with the Swedish Stars 2012-10-16T00:32:05Z I considered a few extended family members who struggled month to month below the poverty line, but they lived in different states, far from our bubble. “Do we know any poor people?” 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z It is the third poorest state in the country; almost 18 percent of its population lives below the poverty line. West Virginia’s new normal is anything but 2014-03-13T18:19:00Z And as recessions and things like that happen, we're going to find more people living under the poverty line, which leads to more people struggling with homelessness. Addicts' hostel inspires debut play 2013-09-19T11:33:10Z I skidded along the poverty line, getting by sometimes with help from friends and family. Frisky moms, Porsche-demanding kids: A Santa-for-hire's Christmas in Los Angeles 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z Within the education department’s cohort of low-income students, about half are genuinely poor, meaning living below the poverty line. Teachers aren’t the problem 2012-09-05T11:45:00Z They didn't seem to like my answer: interview for dozens of academic jobs you don't get and work for years below the poverty line hustling as a freelance reporter, publishing nonstop. When it comes to quiet quitting, "Lucky Hank" is the "Office Space" of academia 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z Maybe not after seeing The Florida Project, which tells a story behind the statistic that in the US, 35% of single-mother families live below the poverty line. Mother superior: it’s been a great year for on-screen mums 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z “About 32% of people who earn less than 130 percent of the federal poverty line — $32,630 a year for a family of four — ate fast food daily,” Vox’s Rachel Sugar wrote. Fast food isn't cheap anymore. Here's why that's both good and bad 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z We lived paycheck to paycheck, well below the poverty line, but we belonged only to ourselves. Why I Took a Vow of Celibacy 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z If your income is below the federal poverty line, or you don’t file a tax return, you’re exempt from the mandate’s $695 fine. Obamacare's Dark Secret: The Individual Mandate is Too Weak 2012-07-09T05:06:06Z Of the 5,200 families who call the ward home, more than 1,500 live below the poverty line. Cleveland’s heart of darkness 2013-05-08T16:30:00Z “I live in a developing country,” he said, adding that a large percentage of people live below the poverty line. Filipino Filmmakers Shed Light on the Forgotten. They Hope It Can Last. 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z Almost half of all stay at home fathers live below the poverty line. Most Stay at Home Dads Not There By Choice 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z As a result, crime overall is at an all-time low, fewer people live below the poverty line and unemployment is at 1%. Making America Gory Again: how the Purge films troll Trumpism 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z Its median income is just under $40,000 and nearly 20 percent of people of all ages live under the poverty line. 'Simpsons' creator: Real Springfield is in Oregon 2012-04-11T12:03:11Z Rob's mother and father lived in the community with "the second highest concentration of African Americans living below the poverty line in America," Hobbs says. 'The Short and Tragic Life' explores class, race amid struggle and wonder 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z A few of the questions are actually helpful, such as “Have you ever lived for at least a year at a family income that was near or below the poverty line?” Sorry to burst your bubble, but don’t all Americans live in their own little worlds? 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z However, around 30 to 58% of its residents earn a gross income below the World Bank’s extreme poverty line, The Guardian noted. Happy Halloween? John Oliver spotlights the horrors of the chocolate industry 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z In a recent interview, Mr. Lansdale spoke about why Leonard is gay and what his life below the poverty line was like. Q. and A.: Joe R. Lansdale on ‘Hap and Leonard,’ Poverty and Writing a Gay Character 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Fifteen percent of nursing assistants live below the federal poverty line. Dementia Patients Aren’t in Their ‘Perfect Mind.’ Then Again, Who Is? 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z With 2-in-5 already under the poverty line in Argentina, there is concern that if the number grows much higher the streets will flood with protesters and social unrest will explode. Argentina investors brace for financial pain no matter who wins presidency 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z According to the World Bank, Madagascar is one of the poorest countries in the world, with 75% of people living below the national poverty line in 2022. Madagascar votes in presidential election boycotted by opposition 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z But most of the Mayotte population lives below the French poverty line and must heed the local government’s repeated messages that “every drop counts.” Drought and mismanagement have left a French island parched. That holds lessons for the mainland 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z "It just makes you feel like you're living on the poverty line and you have no support to reach out to, because you don't qualify for anything," she says. Student maintenance loans almost entirely used up by rent, report warns 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z In the unincorporated community of Thermal, nearly 40% of residents live below the poverty line. Coachella Valley farmworkers struggle after crops were heavily damaged by Tropical Storm Hilary 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z Along with triple-digit inflation, that is likely to sharpen poverty levels with two-fifths of people already living under the poverty line as salaries and savings are eroded. Argentina braces for election with economy in 'intensive care' 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Eligibility is limited to those making 170% of the federal poverty line or less — about $42,000 for a family of three. St. Louis launches program to pay $500 a month to lower-income residents 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z More than half of South Africans live below the poverty line. South Africa egg shortage: How poultry products became a hot commodity 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z A 2018 study on cleaning-and-greening vacant lots in neighborhoods with residents living below the poverty line found a 29 percent reduction in gun violence around lots that were greened with trees compared to vacant lots. The surprising way that millions of new trees could transform America 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z Limited census data hints at significant disparities in the geographic distribution of Washingtonians living below the poverty line across age groups. As Washington’s economy booms, more older residents live in poverty 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z The family lived close to the poverty line, but Chuculate’s stories about this, while filled with sharp details about ill-fitting shoes and off-brand products, are gentle in spirit, marked by rueful humor. Despite poverty and a few missteps, ‘This Indian Kid’ turned out pretty well 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z More than a third of the country's 1.2 million people live below the international poverty line. Eswatini election: The vote in a kingdom where parties are banned 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z If it’s modeled off AmeriCorps, the jobs might not exactly qualify as “good jobs” — AmeriCorps members are more like volunteers who get a small stipend, often living close to the poverty line. The American Climate Corps Wants You 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z With nearly half of its 22 million people living below the national poverty line, many more face a growing humanitarian crisis as a result of the violence. Mali’s junta struggles to fight growing violence in a northern region as UN peacekeepers withdraw 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z To measure the number of Americans unable to afford basic living expenses, the Census Bureau uses a complex formula rather than a “poverty line” or “poverty level.” As Washington’s economy booms, more older residents live in poverty 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z To qualify for the federal energy assistance program, households must be at or below 150% of the federal poverty line, or $41,625 for a family of four. As WA heats up, thousands have received free ACs. But challenges remain 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Gabon is an oil-rich country, but one third of its 2.4 million people live below the poverty line, according to the United Nations. Gabon coup leader Gen Ngeuma hailed as a Moses-like figure 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Eswatini is an absolute monarchy, and most of the country’s population live below the poverty line. Taiwan’s President Tsai begins visit to remaining ally Eswatini in southern Africa 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z Under the plan, projected to add 96,000 beneficiaries over the next three years, seniors who live in households with incomes of less than double the federal poverty line would be eligible. Georgia Power customers could see monthly bills rise another $9 to pay for the Vogtle nuclear plant 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Under the previous plan, borrowers had to pay 10% of discretionary income — the money left over after paying necessary expenses such as housing and food — over 150% of the poverty line. As Biden rolls out ‘game-changer’ for student debt, Washington’s Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez offers rare Democratic dissent 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z A worsening economic crisis, with a currency collapse fuelling hyperinflation, has left almost 90% of the population living below the poverty line. Syria: Protests over growing economic hardship spread in south 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z Argentina, the largest debtor with the IMF after years of economic crisis, has seen locals lose faith in their currency as inflation hit triple-digits and almost four-in-10 people are below the poverty line. Argentina secures $7.5 bln disbursement from IMF 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Argentina, the largest debtor with the IMF after years of economic crisis, has seen locals lose faith in their currency as inflation hit triple-digits and almost four-in-ten people are below the poverty line. Argentina secures $7.5 bln disbursement as IMF board OKs reviews -govt 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z In addition to imposing a work requirement, Pathways limits coverage to able-bodied adults earning up to 100% of the poverty line - $14,580 for a single person or $30,000 for a family of four. Georgia Medicaid program with work requirement off to slow start even as thousands lose coverage 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z In addition to imposing a work requirement, Pathways limits coverage to able-bodied adults earning up to 100% of the poverty line — $14,580 for a single person or $30,000 for a family of four. Georgia Medicaid program with work requirement off to slow start even as thousands lose coverage 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z "If I did choose to move I don't think I'd have enough financial aid to help me live above the poverty line to be honest." Cost of living: A-level students worry about affording uni 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Argentina, the largest debtor with the IMF after years of economic crisis, has seen inflation hit triple-digits as savers have lost faith in the currency, pushing almost four-in-ten people below the poverty line. Argentina's Milei says in touch with IMF over $44 bln debt deal 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Paris is accused of continuing to wield undue influence in Niger long after independence and unfairly benefiting from its natural resources while most people live below the poverty line. Niger coup: Fear and anger in Niamey as Ecowas threatens force 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z It includes programmes to help Palestinians - who make up almost 40% of Jerusalem's population, with almost two thirds below the poverty line - integrate into Israeli academic institutions. Israeli finance minister suspends funds to Arab towns, East Jerusalem 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z Nearly half of the country’s 22.5 million people live below the national poverty line. Malians who thrived with arrival of UN peacekeeping mission fear economic fallout from its departure 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z When used wisely, I know firsthand that it has helped an 83-year-old grandmother, who is battling health problems, and living near the poverty line, as she raises three grandchildren. If we let journalism die, our democracy won’t be too far behind 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z According to city statistics, almost half the people in the neighborhood live below the federal poverty line, and one-quarter of adults lack a high school diploma. In Philadelphia, City Pools Bring Relief as Closed Ones Stir Frustration 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z "Many families from the middle class have now slipped below the poverty line," said Malathy Knight, a senior economist with private think tank Verite Research. Is the worst over for Sri Lanka's economic crisis? 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z Brooklyn Homes is now 93% minority residents, most of whom are living well below the poverty line, according to Housing and Urban Development data. After mass shooting, Baltimore leaders slam police for inadequate response 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z The cutoff for current plans, by contrast, is 150% of the poverty line, or $22,000 a year for a single person. A Biden plan cuts student loan payments for millions to $0. Will it be the next legal battle? 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z Part of a former mining region which has since suffered from rapid de-industrialisation, Woippy's main district has seen close to half of its residents fall below the poverty line. For many, French urban spending can't shake the ghetto feeling 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z More than a quarter of the town’s residents live below the poverty line. Historic Arizona mining town backs copper project on land that Native American groups say is sacred 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z About 30% of the population was living below the government's poverty line before the Covid-19 pandemic, and the World Bank says the figure is likely to have risen since then. Hajj: Price rises making pilgrimage increasingly unaffordable 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z The resulting naira devaluation could accelerate inflation in a country where four in 10 live below the poverty line. Analysis: Nigeria's Tinubu faces daunting hurdles after reform sprint 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Various factors drive Guatemalans to emigrate, notably a lack of economic opportunity, with about 59 percent of the population living below the poverty line. Guatemala Picks a New President: What You Need to Know 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z “That’s unconscionable. As a Black man born to a woman living at the poverty line, I’m so thankful my mama chose life.” Sen. Tim Scott releases ads marking first anniversary of Dobbs decision 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Some 21% of undocumented women live below the federal poverty line, making less than $30,000 per year for a family of four. Doubly disadvantaged: Undocumented women earn less than everyone else 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z The End Child Poverty Coalition estimates that more than a third of babies, children and young people in the region were living below the poverty line in 2021/22. Steep rise in North East child poverty levels 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z Yet it is also plagued by crime and hardship, with nearly half of residents living below the poverty line and 9 in 10 reporting that they feel unsafe. One party has governed Mexico's biggest state for a century. It looks as if that is about to change 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z As many as 60% of the population of 104 million is estimated to be below or close to the poverty line. Egypt's female 'prisoners of poverty' struggle with stigma 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z One in two young South Africans is unemployed and 60% are living under the poverty line. South Africa could become failed state, says ANC's Fikile Mbalula 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z In 2019, the percentage of the population below the national poverty line was 41 percent, 30 percent of adults had not completed primary schooling, and 53 percent of the country had no access to electricity. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Nearly half the city’s population lives beneath the poverty line. Johannesburg, Where Mayors Last Just Months, or Even Only Weeks 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Kemp’s administration also plans to launch in July a partial expansion of Medicaid to insure some able-bodied adults who have incomes below the poverty line but are working or attending school. Georgia to take over health insurance market under new law 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z Already, half its people live below the poverty line. Meet the Climate Hackers of Malawi 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z “There are systemic problems that lead to many folks beneath the poverty line being people of color,” Picard said. Most Va. voters see equal opportunities in public schools, poll finds 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Already, 34 million people - 90% of the population - are living below the poverty line. Afghan economic hopes threatened by Taliban - UN 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z The failed bill would have given kids free lunch if their household income was at or below 200% of the federal poverty line - or $60,000 or less for a family of four. North Dakota advances bill to help with private school costs 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Many Georgians with incomes above the poverty line can buy the policies at little to no cost because of federal premium subsidies, although copayments can be substantial. Georgia to take over health insurance market under new law 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z Tax forms filed by a paid preparer show they also received about $11,000 in tax credits — benefits they do not understand — but that still leaves them well below the poverty line. Safety Net Barriers Add to Child Poverty in Immigrant Families 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z An effort to combat generational poverty and to foster economic mobility for residents living at or below the poverty line is coming to Prince George’s County. Prince George’s County Council adopts pilot for universal income 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Many leaving Ecuador tend to be from the lower middle class or just below the poverty line, according to Andrew Selee, president of the Washington-based Migration Policy Institute. Which countries send migrants to the U.S. border, and what are they fleeing? 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z But the financial threshold is just above the poverty line, Agnew-Barajas said. These Ukrainians Arrived Under a Biden Program. They Ended Up Homeless. 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z Like most families on the reservation — and some 40 percent of families in the country — the Noscues hovered near the World Bank’s poverty line of $8.60 per day for a family of four. The Incredible Challenge of Counting Every Global Birth and Death 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Being undocumented bars them from three-quarters of that support, leaving Jacqueline — an American child, Tennessee born and raised — thousands of dollars below the poverty line. Safety Net Barriers Add to Child Poverty in Immigrant Families 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Questions also remain about how various levels of governments should have better prepared and warned residents, many of whom live below the poverty line. For some Rolling Fork residents, recovery from Mississippi tornado is uncertain 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z The town of Rolling Fork, where 20% of residents live below the poverty line, was virtually flattened on Friday. In pictures: Mississippi tornado devastates town 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z Radio Man, 72, lives just above the poverty line, in a basement apartment in Yonkers he rents for $900 a month. Tuned in to the frequency of the stars 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z A fifth of the population live under the federal poverty line, and the town’s residents face the risk of flooding should the backwater levees along the Yazoo fail. Rolling Fork, the birthplace of Muddy Waters, has faced tornado and flooding concerns for years. 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z The additional aid would lift her above the government poverty line. Safety Net Barriers Add to Child Poverty in Immigrant Families 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z A fifth of the residents of Rolling Fork, which is predominantly Black, are under the federal poverty line. Deadly Tornado Tears Through Mississippi 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study found that 70 percent of children from families with incomes above about $105,000 — four times the poverty line — participated in sports in 2020. The Income Gap Is Becoming a Physical-Activity Divide 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z All were employed, the sole earners in their respective households with children, and had annual incomes that placed them at, or two times higher than, the federal poverty line. Expand on the successes of Tacoma's guaranteed income pilot | Op-Ed 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z “I’m just above the poverty line,” she said of her $34,000 a year salary. Three-day LAUSD strike means three days without pay. How are low-paid workers coping? 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z The pooled earnings lift the family above the poverty line, but they struggled when they arrived seven years ago. Safety Net Barriers Add to Child Poverty in Immigrant Families 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z But a disproportionate number of people at or below the poverty line had faced debt-related lawsuits — 7.6 percent for those below the poverty line compared with 4.5 percent for wealthier respondents. Americans are knee-deep in medical debt. Most owe hospitals. 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z But participation was around 51 percent for families in a middle-income range, and just 31 percent for families at or below the poverty line. The Income Gap Is Becoming a Physical-Activity Divide 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z The federal poverty line for a single person is an annual income of $14,580 or less. Expand on the successes of Tacoma's guaranteed income pilot | Op-Ed 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Over half the population in each country live below the poverty line. Cyclone Freddy teaches deadly lessons on storm warnings, city sprawl 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z Brennen said that she lives below the poverty line and, unable to afford a lawyer, the two are relying on Google searches to prepare their defense. Noncompete clauses are everywhere, even for dancers and hair stylists 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z That puts it out of reach for everyone earning below the poverty line, plus many whose incomes put them well above the poverty line. Perspective | Why are so many Americans poor? Because we allow it, two books argue. 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z About a quarter of Iraqis live at or below the poverty line, according to Iraq’s Planning Ministry. 20 Years After U.S. Invasion, Iraq Is a Freer Place, but Not a Hopeful One 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z He sits slightly above the federal poverty line and does not qualify for public assistance, so he began looking for a second job. Expand on the successes of Tacoma's guaranteed income pilot | Op-Ed 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Public resources are limited here, where towering redwoods and fog-capped conifers cover slopes leading to the Pacific Ocean and an estimated 35% of Yurok tribal members live below the federal poverty line. Her mother disappeared. Then her babysitter. A lawman fears she might be next 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z She conceived of the poverty line as three times a family’s “subsistence food budget,” using as inspiration a 1955 public survey that found that families spent a third of their after-tax income on food. Rebecca Blank, Who Changed How Poverty Is Measured, Dies at 67 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Nearly 40 states have accepted federal funding for expansion under the Affordable Care Act, providing health care coverage for an estimated 12 million individuals living near or below the poverty line. House G.O.P. Prepares to Slash Federal Programs in Coming Budget Showdown 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z While 23 percent of American retirees live below the poverty line, in France just 4.4 percent do — one of the lowest rates in the 38-nation Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Fight Over Retirement in France Is a Question of Identity 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Enrollment in the school was open to all families who live below the poverty line in the Thar Desert region. An Architect Applies Her Skills to Giving Back 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z He’d look at creating a city public health department and would seek to expand a city program that gives cash to residents at or below the poverty line. Your guide to the L.A. City Council District 6 election to replace Nury Martinez 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z The congregation settled on raising $50,000 to eliminate medical debt for people living below the poverty line. For many congregations, wiping out medical debt has become a popular calling 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Four in 10 Nigerians live below the poverty line. Opinion | Nigeria’s election offers the country a chance at a reset 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z A majority of residents live below the poverty line, with a median household income of $36,000. California gave electric vehicles to an isolated farmworker community. Why did the cars vanish overnight? 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z Despite being Africa's largest economy and oil producer, four out of 10 Nigerians live below the poverty line, according to the World Bank. Nigeria election 2023: The battle for Lagos 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z They aren’t below the poverty line, she said, “but if this keeps up every month, we will be.” The gas bill is $907.13? Sticker shock for Californians as prices soar 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z And in 2021, about six million Americans over 65 — more than 10 percent of their population — were living below the poverty line, according to data from the Census Bureau. Food Prices Weigh on Seniors’ Savings, Health and Even Social Ties 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z Another 700 megawatts of capacity will be reserved for half the financial benefits of the electricity produced to households with incomes below 200% of the poverty line or below 80% of area median income. U.S. Treasury to open advanced energy tax credit applications on May 31 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z In reality, it is still the poorest of America’s 25 largest cities, with nearly 23 percent of its residents living below the poverty line. Opinion | It’s a Philly thing: Why the city’s fans over-celebrate 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z Youth unemployment remains high with over 50% of Iranians being pushed below the poverty line, according to reports by Iran's Statistics Centre. Nobel laureate Ebadi says Iran's 'revolutionary process' is irreversible 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z “Meanwhile, the number of people living under the poverty line in France has grown, and the poorest people are growing really poor,” she said. As Parisians March to Fight Pension Changes, Shopkeepers Nod and Agree 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Youth unemployment remains high with more than 50% of Iranians being pushed below the poverty line, according to reports by Iran's Statistics Centre. Iran, Russia link banking systems amid Western sanction 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z Despite being Africa's largest economy, four out of 10 Nigerians live below the poverty line, according to the World Bank. Nigeria cost-of-living crisis sparks exodus of doctors 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z “There’s no calculating how far below or above they sit from the poverty line. There’s no waiting on parents to fill out a complicated form that asks detailed information about their family’s circumstances.” Perspective | D.C. could offer free meals to all students. Every city should. 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z Most of the residents are immigrants without documentation, live below the poverty line and don’t have flood insurance, he added. Storms ravaged this California town. Here's what happened to those who refused to evacuate 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z About 19 percent of the population lives below the poverty line, according to an analysis of U.S. census data from 2020, which is higher than the national average. A Farmer Secretly Paid for His Neighbors’ Prescriptions for Years 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z In Zambia, roughly 2 million people face acute food insecurity, more than half the population lives below the poverty line and nearly half of the population is unable to meet minimum caloric intake needs. Yellen visits Zambian farm to showcase Africa’s ag potential 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z That legislation also includes the largest pay raise in 20 years for active-duty and reserve forces and an expansion of a supplemental "basic needs allowance" to support military families with incomes near the poverty line. With the largest defense budget in world history, military families are going hungry 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z Congress needs to do more to help families who are living below the poverty line or limping above it, especially since food costs are rising. Perspective | D.C. could offer free meals to all students. Every city should. 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z Payments are based on a percentage of discretionary income, typically whatever a person earns above 150 percent of the federal poverty line. What’s in Biden’s new student loan repayment plan? Here’s what we know. 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Youth unemployment remains high with over 50% of Iranians being pushed below the poverty line, according to reports by Iran's Statistics Center. Analysis: Iran executions quash protests, push dissent underground 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Threats gather quickly in this portrait of life lived along the poverty line in modern-day America. Review | In Allegra Goodman’s ‘Sam,’ a young rock climber struggles to grow up 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z With 11.6 percent of people in the U.S. living at or under the poverty line, this payment would benefit millions and save hundreds of billions of dollars by reducing the social costs of poverty. The U.S. Could Help Solve Its Poverty Problem with a Universal Basic Income 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z “This is stunning progress — in 2018 nearly 1 in 4 Black children lived in families with incomes below the poverty line. In 2021, fewer than 1 in 10 did,” reads a statement about the findings. Perspective | What child poverty in America really looked like in 2022 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z More than two million people who rely on farming are living below the poverty line. The Philippines' food worries amid Ukraine war and typhoons 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z More than two-thirds of recipients have children in their families, and most have incomes below the federal poverty line. Thousands of Alaskans haven’t received food stamps in months, with no relief in sight 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z The number of children in America living below the poverty line has plummeted by 59 percent since 1993. Reasons for Optimism in 2023 2022-12-24T05:00:00Z Around 35% of the residents there are below the poverty line, including the majority of those 65 and older. 2 downtown areas are among Seattle’s highest-income neighborhoods 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z The expanded child tax credit was found to have kept millions of children above the poverty line, and when lawmakers allowed it to expire, millions fell below it. Perspective | What child poverty in America really looked like in 2022 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z "When you raise a child above the poverty line, you unlock their genius in a profound way," said Booker. Democrats trying a new tactic to pass expanded child tax credit: Threatening GOP corporate tax break 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Today, Kingdom Care has 54 members and about a dozen volunteers in a neighborhood that is over 90 percent Black and where a quarter of the households fall below the poverty line. ‘Villages’ for the aging coming to more Black communities 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z On the witness stand, Stephen King testified that the average full-time writer in 2018 earned an income below the federal poverty line. Won't somebody think of Stephen King? Antitrust law and the publishing world's mega-deal 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z Tax credit payments of $750 a month raised their cash income by nearly 50 percent and lifted them above the poverty line. The Expanded Child Tax Credit Is Gone. The Battle Over It Remains. 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z In a country where a quarter of the population lives below the poverty line, the government has long struggled to provide adequate emergency relief. When disaster strikes in the Philippines, these volunteers rush in to feed the masses 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z “More than 20 percent of our ratepayers live below the poverty line, and we cannot allow the people of Los Angeles to serve as a blank check for Great Basin’s illegal orders.” Legacy of dust: How Owens Valley air pollution increases L.A. water bills 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z The less you earn, the lower the percentage you’ll have to pay — in fact, you could obtain coverage with no monthly premiums if your income is near the poverty line. Covered California open enrollment begins. What to know about signing up, subsidies and more 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z The system educates mostly students of color, and 53% have incomes at or below the poverty line, according to data from 2019-20. Your guide to L.A. Community College District Board of Trustees candidates 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z When paid for their work, more than half received a rate that put them below the federal poverty line, and half of the workers surveyed reported not being paid a higher rate for overtime hours. Will offshore wind bring "good-paying, union jobs"? Texas workers aren’t so sure 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z Having states provide Medicaid coverage to residents with incomes of up to 138% of the federal poverty line was envisioned in President Barack Obama’s 2010 health care overhaul. Dems push Medicaid expansion for left-behind rural Georgia 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z McCoy said parents in Huntington, where one in three people lives below the poverty line, need public schools to be open so they can work. Battle rages in W.Va. over control of public school policy 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z Baby bonds are designed as a race-neutral way to shrink that gap, giving a promise of a lump sum of cash to anyone born near the poverty line. Md. governor candidate’s pitch to fight poverty: Trust funds for babies 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z In the poorest state in the nation, where one in five people live below the official poverty line, only 1% of all eligible families get the help designed for them. How ‘welfare reform’ steals from the poor 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Moreover, nearly one in four people 65 or older make less than 150 percent of the federal poverty line, or $19,494 on average for those living alone. An Uptick in Elder Poverty: A Blip, or Sign of Things to Come? 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z He has done research finding that from 2011 to 2018, despite an increase in hearing aid use among U.S. adults, there was a 13 percent decrease for those below the poverty line. Listen up: You can now buy hearing aids without a prescription 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z Social Security also helps lift millions of older Americans above the poverty line, which stood at $12,880 for an individual as of 2021. The Social Security COLA Will Ease the Sting of Inflation 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Many live under the poverty line, making less than $50,000 a year, according to a 2010 Washington State University study. Plight of WA’s Hmong farmers underscores disparities in US agriculture 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z In 2020, nearly a third of Weed households lived below the poverty line, according to census data. Wildfire Destroys a Piece of Black History in Rural California 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z That technically puts her above the poverty line. An Uptick in Elder Poverty: A Blip, or Sign of Things to Come? 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z The Category 1 hurricane knocked out electrical power to the U.S. territory of 3.2 million people, 44% of whom live below the poverty line. ‘We’re with you,’ Biden tells Puerto Rico ahead of visit 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z Many working-class people are falling below the poverty line. ‘Out-of-Reach Dreams’ in a Sickly Economy Provoke the Rage in Iran 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z The median pay for child-care workers is just $27,490 per year, approximately the poverty line for a family of four. Opinion | Here’s the reality of the care industry 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Azizi said international data showed most Afghans were living below the poverty line, and his office was working to support trade and the economy through international outreach. EXCLUSIVE Afghan Taliban sign deal for Russian oil products, gas and wheat 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z The country’s agricultural sector has had the highest poverty rate of any sector since 2006, government figures show, with at least 2.4 million people who rely on the sector living below the poverty line. As disaster hits the Philippines again, a farmer’s sorrow reveals the stakes 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z He estimated it would cost about $100 million — an astronomical sum in a town where 32 percent of the population lives under the poverty line. How New Mexico’s Largest Wildfire Set Off a Drinking Water Crisis 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z “I think we will eventually move down the social ladder and end up below the poverty line,” she said. Poverty, inflation, fear: Egypt’s economy pushed to brink 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z The majority of L.A. community college students come from low-income communities, and the district says more than half of its students live at or below the poverty line. L.A. community college students can ride Metro for free thanks to $1-million grant 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z According to Iran's Social Security Organization Research Institute at least 25 million Iranians were living below the poverty line by June 2021. Iran grapples with most serious challenge in years 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z At what point does a beleaguered population living near or below the poverty line rise in protest? On strike for a better world: Labor conflict is coming — and the ruling class will fight back hard 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z “This program is going to help for our Ward 4 families. We know that 15 percent of our Black families and Latinx families here are below the poverty line,” said D.C. New pilot program will help D.C. families transition from homelessness 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z But her pledge to scrap a flagship Five Star policy, the citizens' income - a social welfare system for those below the poverty line - splits opinion. Italy elections: Far-right Meloni scents power in a divided country 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z The war and global inflation have put pressure on South Africa, where half of the population lived below the poverty line even before the crisis limited grain and fertilizer exports from Russia and Ukraine. Biden set to talk Ukraine, Russia with S.Africa's Ramaphosa 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z More than 80 percent of survivors in Eastern Europe were considered near or below the poverty line. Germany offers one of the largest Holocaust reparations packages, and a special fund for Ukrainians 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z There are tens of thousands of low-income people who probably meet the eligibility requirements for housing vouchers in Baltimore, where one-fifth of residents live below the poverty line. Philadelphia firm is Baltimore’s most aggressive buyer of vacant rowhouses 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z More than 20 million Americans are poor today, and many others above the poverty line also struggle to afford a decent life. Poverty, Plunging 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Basran spends his days catering to local needs - including many people who live close to the poverty line and are struggling. A London diaspora district remembers a queen — ambivalently 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Basran spends his days catering to local needs — including many people who live close to the poverty line and are struggling. A London diaspora district remembers a queen — ambivalently 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Their income, after taxes and work expenses, would have left them below the poverty line of $25,000. Stimulus Spending Drove Poverty Lower Again in 2021, Census Bureau Reports 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z With tight budgets, limited prospects and a poverty line set so low that many nonpoor families still experience hardship, the success they embody may seem modest. How Poverty Programs Aided Children From One Generation to the Next 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z After payroll taxes and other expenses the government takes into account when measuring poverty, their income was just below the poverty line. Expanded Safety Net Drives Sharp Drop in Child Poverty 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Ten percent of Indonesians — about 27 million people — live below the official poverty line of $141 a month for a family, and cannot afford to pay more for motorcycle fuel or public transportation. Thousands of Angry Indonesians Gather to Protest Rising Fuel Prices 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Half the residents live below the poverty line. I've seen America's future if the Trumpers win: It's what Lebanon looks like right now 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Its tax base is 20 percent smaller than in 1980, and more than a quarter of its residents live below the poverty line. Opinion | Jackson’s water crisis is a warning for other cities 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z As research shows that most abortion patients are at or just above the federal poverty line, it is easy to see that these costs alone could represent a substantial burden. “They have no choice”: Expert details the true cost of traveling for abortion care 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z The United States looks better in comparisons that use the American poverty line as a common standard. Expanded Safety Net Drives Sharp Drop in Child Poverty 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Before the new law, qualifying for Medicaid through the state program would have been impossible because of income thresholds that placed her and Heidenreich above the poverty line. Seeking marriage equality for people with disabilities 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z They were also less likely to have household incomes below the federal poverty line years later, be evicted, or declare bankruptcy. I’ve studied what happens to women when they are denied abortion — and it’s not good 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z As new skyscrapers appeared on Luanda’s skyline, slums around the city grew, creating an economically unequal society where the vast majority of the population lived below the poverty line. A New Generation of Voters Will Test Angola’s Longtime Governing Party 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z By the end of Johnson’s administration, the percentage of people living below the poverty line had been cut nearly in half. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Washington’s program is open to families on Medicaid making less than 300% of the federal poverty line: about $83,250 for a family of four. D.C.’s pioneering ‘Baby Bonds’ plan aims to narrow wealth gap 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z Washington’s program is open to families on Medicaid who make less than 300% of the federal poverty line, meaning earnings of up to about $83,250 for a family of four. DC’s pioneering ‘Baby Bonds’ plan aims to narrow wealth gap 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z It also continues reduced costs for more individuals and families who live well above the poverty line. Biden bill to help millions escape higher health care costs 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z If you had to define the poverty line, what would you expect people to be able to afford just above that line? American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Among those in cities, 20 percent lived below the poverty line. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Medical care is scarce in north St. Louis, where about three-quarters of residents are Black and the median household income is 40% below the poverty line. Honor or cultural appropriation? Hospital name spurs debate 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z All of the school’s 56 students come from families whose income falls below the federal poverty line and attend the private religious school on scholarships. Biden administration exempts religious schools from LGBTQ mandate on lunch funding 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z Nearly 30 percent of Sierra Leone’s eight million people suffer from chronic hunger, according to the World Food Program, and more than half its population lives below the poverty line. Protests in Sierra Leone Over Rising Cost of Living Turn Deadly 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Stainton, the University of British Columbia professor, pointed out that no province or territory provides a disability benefit income above the poverty line. Experts see Canada’s euthanasia laws as threat to disabled 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z In his first term, he expanded the Earned Income Tax Credit, which lowered the tax obligations of working families who were just above the poverty line. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z That has dwindled to just under 77,000, and more than 1 in 5 people live below the poverty line. Biden’s policies have not revived Scranton. But few there blame him. 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z A sociologist of my acquaintance likes to point out that he spent years living in a subsidized housing project populated entirely by people living below the poverty line — only it was Princeton’s graduate student housing. Opinion | What are friends for? Climbing the income ladder, for one. 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z The average author only makes around $20,300, which is below the poverty line, said King, citing a 2018 Authors Guild survey. Stephen King testified against publishing's biggest merger. What you need to know about the antitrust trial 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z The federal government sets the poverty line for a household of one at $13,590. Column: Durbin open to keeping antitrust exemption if MLB does more for minor league players 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z There are 56 students enrolled in the Christian academy, all of whom come from families whose income falls below the poverty line and attend the school on scholarships. Florida Christian school sues Biden, Nikki Fried over gender-identity mandate for student lunches 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z This means that the reconciliation package Democrats are teeing up would continue to assist those above the poverty line in purchasing coverage, but stick those below the poverty line with an impossible bill. Opinion | Congress, this is your last chance to close the Medicaid coverage gap 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z As a result, roughly 2.2 million Americans below the poverty line — mostly in the South, and mostly people of color — still have no access to reliable health care, nor any feasible route to obtain coverage. Opinion | Democrats could pass a huge achievement — if they rally behind this measure 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Close to 6 million Tunisians, or half the population, are under the poverty line, he added. Factbox: Signs of a Tunisian economy in trouble 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z Twenty-three percent of children in Ward 8 live below the federal poverty line and severely lack the resources they need to succeed. Opinion | To stop gun violence, we need to fight systemic injustice 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z To qualify for free meals, households must make less than 130 percent of the federal poverty line. Universal free school lunch program is set to expire 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Survey data shows that nearly 50% of women who seek abortions live under the federal poverty line, while many more hover precariously above it. Controlling bodies and subverting democracy: How Dobbs is an attack on us all 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z As a result, earners well over the poverty line are now eligible. Congress grapples with looming Obamacare premium hikes ahead of midterm elections 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z A bill to prohibit the lottery from advertising in counties with a per-capita income below 150% of the poverty line and another to ensure advertising didn’t target any specific demographic both failed. State lottery advertising tells players half of the story 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Locals who live below the poverty line and run cash businesses are not familiar with this type of technology and the risks of bitcoin, Dans said. Central America hoped bitcoin would attract tourists. It hasn’t worked. 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z In countries like Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Mali, Nigeria and Yemen, the impacts of inflation are even harder for those already at the lowest poverty line. Inflation pushed 71M people into poverty since Ukraine war 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z Institutions like the UN, World Bank and International Monetary Fund have a number of 'poverty lines' - one for the poorest countries were people live on $1.90 or less a day. Cost-of-living crisis driving 'breathtaking' surge in extreme poverty -UNDP 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z Fatal bike crashes are higher among people who live in households near or below the poverty line, Chamberlain said. Seattle is back on lists of best U.S. biking cities. Experts explain what cyclists need for a smoother ride 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z To qualify for the network's assistance, the person seeking an abortion must be below the poverty line - but that's where the requirements end. Roe v Wade: Church that helped Jane Roe still aids abortion-seekers 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z “It’s not just being able to hop over to another state,” Marty said, noting that about two-thirds of her patients live below the federal poverty line. Where is abortion legal? In red states, women navigate a chaotic abortion landscape 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z An additional 20 million people slipped to the poverty line of $3.20 a day. Inflation pushed 71M people into poverty since Ukraine war 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z Over the course of the pandemic nearly half of Colombians fell below the poverty line, spurring the country’s most significant uprising in 40 years. Perspective | Portraits of trauma and resistance from Colombia About 43 percent of Nigerians live below the poverty line. 5 countries hit hard by the grain crisis in Ukraine 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z There's one convenience store, a gas station, and half of the children here live below the poverty line. Supreme Court: Rifts divide abortion views in Mississippi 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z The study also said the “largest percentage of Black residents living below the poverty line, 21.6%, lived in Washington, D.C.” Perspective | Black dads helped win the Civil War. But not so their sons could kill each other. 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z The number of those living under the poverty line in the province is almost three times the national average. Iraq’s ‘pearl of the south’ Lake Sawa dry amid water crisis 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z As a single mother living below the poverty line, her whole life is a series of punches to the chest. COVID, isolation, fires and panic attacks. The real-life 'Maid' still had it worse 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Census data show close to 16% of West Virginians live under the poverty line, which is $27,750 in annual income for a family of four this year. Four states receive first allocations of $10B broadband fund 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Ninety percent of the population risks falling near or below the poverty line. 100 Days of War: Death, Destruction and Loss 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Port Harcourt is the main oil hub in Nigeria, but despite the country's oil wealth about 40% of Nigerians live below the poverty line. Port Harcourt: Nigeria church crush leaves 31 dead 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z In Crotona Park East in the Bronx, 41 percent of residents fall below the federal poverty line, 24 percent of households lack air-conditioning and few have cars to reach beaches or forests. It’s Going to Be a Hot Summer. It Will Be Hotter if You’re Not Rich. 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z The Census Bureau found the proportion of people living below the poverty line in Cumberland County, a historically impoverished and rural area, is more than 5.5 percent higher than the national average. Opinion | Virginia’s Cumberland County shouldn’t be the next Flint, Michigan 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z It’s a crisis that has particularly affected those struggling below the poverty line. As shortage continues, a D.C. charity fills fridges with free formula 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z By the end of last year, half the population of around 38 million lived under the poverty line, according to U.N. figures. 1.1 million Afghan children could face severe malnutrition 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z “We have the best and brightest minds in science and engineering that are living below the poverty line.” Ph.D. students demand wage increases amid rising cost of living 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Advocates for those fined said they could not fathom how the government expected to recoup such large sums of money from people who generally live below the poverty line. How a Social Security program piled huge fines on the poor and disabled 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Many of their clients are Black, many already have children and more than 75% survive below the poverty line. Religious backers of abortion rights say God’s on their side 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z This is very different from the U.S., where government-funded health care is directed mainly to people living below the poverty line and to seniors. What the U.S. Can Learn from Brazil’s Successful COVID Vaccination Campaign 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z The economic decline has pushed nearly three-quarters of Lebanon's population under the poverty line, which election observers had warned could open the door to more vote-buying. Hezbollah and allies lose majority in Lebanese parliament, final results show 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z Desouza, 27, had every intention of making a career in computer science and being the one in his family to break through the poverty line. Perspective | The Baltimore kid who gave ‘Winning Time’ an underdog soul 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z The median income of households with student loans is $76,400, and 7 percent of borrowers are below the poverty line. Biden plunges into the risky politics of student loans 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z The government also raised prices of some basic goods such as cooking oil and dairy products in Iran, where almost half of its 85 million population is under poverty line, according to official figures. Price protests turn political in Iran as rallies spread 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z Almost half Iran’s 82 million population are now below the poverty line. Soaring bread prices spark protests and shop fires in Iran - IRNA 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Some 30% of Iranian households live below the poverty line according to Iran’s Statistics Center. Iran arrests at least 22 protesting staple food price hikes 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Those decisions caused widespread anger among swathes of depositors who have been dragged below the poverty line. Scarred by crisis, election newcomers aim to unseat Lebanon's elite 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Some 30% of Iranian households are below the poverty line, reports Iran’s Statistics Center. Iran raises prices of food staples, stirring panic and anger 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Lebanon's economic implosion has seen the local currency lose more than 90% of its value, food prices rise 11-fold and more than three-quarters of the population sink below the poverty line. Lebanese state violated human rights by mismanaging crisis, UN poverty envoy says 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z As president, Marcos will rule over an archipelago of about 110 million ravaged by the climate crisis and the coronavirus pandemic, where about a fifth of the population lives below the poverty line. Marcos family once ousted by uprising wins Philippines vote in landslide 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z Three-quarters of the population are below the poverty line amid an economic meltdown that many people blame on political paralysis and corruption. A rival sits out Lebanon's election. Now Hezbollah could fill the void 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z Among those denied abortions, 72% fell further below the federal poverty line — compared with 55% of those who got the procedure. Even with Roe vs. Wade in place, low-income women struggle to get abortions in Texas 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z Unemployment insurance, the safety net program that clocks in next, lifted 5.5 million people above the poverty line. Opinion | We Pay to Keep the Old Out of Poverty. Why Won’t We Do the Same for the Young? 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z Almost half of Iran's 82 million population are now below the poverty line. Analysis: Rising oil prices buy Iran time in nuclear talks, officials say 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z A majority are in their 20s and living at or below the poverty line, but many are college-educated professionals who look a lot like female characters from film and television. Column: Silent majority of Americans who support abortion rights just learned the danger of silence 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Matthew Richter, interim executive director of the Cultural Space Agency, stressed the importance of community ownership in South Park, where 23% of people live below the poverty line amid a city of wealthy industries. 3,200 square feet of property in South Park will become ‘El Barrio,’ a community-owned cultural space 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Until now, families at the higher end of that income bracket, above 200% of the poverty line, were eligible for some subsidies but not copay waivers. New Mexico increases child care funding, still highest in US 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Additionally, about a third of Israel’s Holocaust survivors live below the poverty line, with many sustained by government stipends and donations, according to a group that represents survivors. Israel halts for Holocaust day, honors 6 million Jews killed 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z As a significant part of the BJP's female supporters are from rural areas and below poverty line homes, Mr Mehta says, the party's welfare schemes have also mainly targeted them. Why women vote for India PM Narendra Modi's BJP 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z Fuel poverty - when a household falls below the official poverty line due to spending most of their income on heating their home - is expected to rise dramatically this year. Are there affordable ways to cut your heating bill? 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z Overall, 2.6 million people may fall below Russia's official poverty line this year, the World Bank estimates. Analysis: Russian workers face new reality as Ukraine war sanctions sap job prospects 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z New legislation will raise eligibility for subsidies from 200 percent of the federal poverty line up to 300 percent, or $83,250 for a family of four, by August of this year. Here’s What $220 Billion Brings: New Casinos, Bail Laws and a Stadium 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z “The pay for some of our positions comes in below the poverty line,” he noted, “and then we bring them in and hand them a red pen and some don’t find that too appealing.” Fighting a red-hot job market, the IRS struggles to rebuild 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z The analysis features an interactive map that ranks counties based on the intersection of poverty rates—specifically, the percentage of people living below 200% of the official poverty line—and coronavirus death rates. "A poor people's pandemic: Poorest US counties had twice as many COVID deaths as richest counties 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z One study found that being forced to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term makes it nearly 4 times more likely that parent and child will live below the poverty line. Why the anti-abortion activists aren't pro-life 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z According to Middleton, there are over 400,000 people living below the poverty line in Riverside County. Palm Springs to provide cash payments for transgender residents 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Economic pressures, including rising inflation, are mounting in the country, where about a third of the population of more than 103 million lives below the poverty line, according to official figures. Ukraine war threatens food supplies in fragile Arab world 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z An estimated 9.5 percent of people over age 65 live below the poverty line, compared with 8.8 percent of younger adults, according to one measure by the Census Bureau. Fewer hot showers, less meat: How retirees on fixed incomes are dealing with inflation 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z The county highest on the list is Galax, Virginia, where nearly 50% of the population lives below 200% of the poverty line. "A poor people's pandemic: Poorest US counties had twice as many COVID deaths as richest counties 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z "They don't have an idea what it's like to be on the poverty line," she said. Cost of living: 'They don't know what it's like on poverty line' 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Statistics for the three-year period to March 2020 suggested that poverty overall had stabilised in Scotland but that more children had slipped below the poverty line. Extra payments to help tackle child poverty in Scotland 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z The Resolution Foundation, a think tank focused on improving living standards, said the lack of support for low-income families could see 1.3 million people fall below the poverty line this year. UK treasury boss defends plan to ease cost-of-living crisis 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Years of runaway corruption, increased poverty, lack of jobs, a steady increase in people forced below the poverty line, and erratic development all combined into a crushing malaise, said analyst Nasratullah Haqpal. Afghanistan world’s unhappiest country, even before Taliban 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z A sack of flour costs nearly $28 and most Afghans are now below the poverty line, which means they earn $1.90 a day or less. UN food agency official alarmed by Afghan food, fuel prices 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z More than a third of Californians are living at or near the poverty line. In California, where income inequality is stark, who deserves a tax rebate? 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z But the government has been criticised for failing to capitalise on its natural resources to fund development and diversify its economy in a country where about 40% of the population languishes below the poverty line. Factbox: East Timor, Asia's youngest nation, goes to the polls 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z Given the comparative lack of job opportunities for women in Iran and absence of gender equality, many women living below poverty line have been forced to exchange sex for money. Selling sex to survive in Iran 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z “They are on the poverty line. Their income varies from day to day,” he said. Peru’s ‘worst ecological disaster’ slams small-scale fishing 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z At the time, the city’s unemployment rate hovered around 15 percent, and more than a third of the population was living under the poverty line. What Rashida Tlaib Represents 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Its expiration in December pushed millions of children back under the poverty line. Opinion | The Democrats Have Bigger Problems Than the Squad 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z The U.N. projects this year that over 1 million children will need treatment for malnutrition and up to 97% of Afghans could be living below the poverty line. UNICEF chief: Taliban committed to let girls back to school 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z He estimated that 60 percent of the local population was now living under the poverty line. Conflict and Climate Change Ravage Syria’s Agricultural Heartland 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z Nigeria's poor transport and power networks have stymied economic growth for decades, holding back the distribution of wealth in Africa's biggest economy where 40% of people live below the national poverty line. Nigeria eyes Standard Chartered rail project loan after Chinese hold up 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z In 2000, the typical child from a family living below the poverty line attended an elementary school where 45% of those enrolled were children from middle-class families. Economic segregation in schools has worsened, widening achievement gaps, study says 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Left out was any mention of how many Chinese were still living in poverty and how China calculated the poverty line. Migrant Worker’s Tale of Inequality Grips China, Then Is Erased 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z In Lebanon, where a near-total economic collapse has pushed much of the population below the poverty line, local aid agencies are also struggling to cope. Snowstorms trap displaced Syrians between frost and dangerous fires 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z More than half our country faces potentially life-threatening levels of food insecurity — and 97 percent of the Afghan people could be living below the poverty line in the next 18 months. Opinion | I want to educate Afghan freedom fighters, but not with rifles. Will the world support us? 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Merely inching above the poverty line isn’t the goal; thriving is the goal. Perspective | A whittled-down Build Back Better would still be good for families 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z But the U.N. has warned that as many as 1 million Afghan children are in danger of starving and most of the country’s 38 million people are living below the poverty line. Taliban talks in Norway raise new debate about recognition 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z "One million children may die of hunger if aid does not reach them in time, and an unfathomable 97% of the population may fall below the poverty line this year," she said. Western diplomats begin humanitarian talks with Taliban in Norway 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z Of those, about 70 percent are people of color, about half live in households with no cars, and about one-third live in households whose income is below 150 percent of the federal poverty line. Transit Line Connecting Brooklyn and Queens Moves Step Closer to Reality 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z The Bridge Project families, whose household incomes average $14,500 — below the federal poverty line — are roughly half Black and half Hispanic; about 20 percent of the mothers are undocumented. How $1,000 a Month in Guaranteed Income Is Helping N.Y.C. Mothers 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z In 2019, one in five households there lived in fuel poverty, which was then defined as living in an energy-inefficient home and having disposable income below the poverty line. Energy bills: 'It feels like I'm sleeping outside' 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z She is one of the four in 10 families in Wales living below the poverty line, according to poverty campaigners Bevan Foundation. Cost of living: 'I only put heating on when my grandkids visit' 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z To be eligible for the program, a mother living in one of the three wards must also have yearly household earnings below 250 percent of the federal poverty lines. D.C. to give $900 a month in cash to new moms in 3 wards 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z The waiting list for new public housing units in Philadelphia, a city with a large population under the poverty line, runs to 40,000 households and has been closed for nearly a decade. Philadelphia Fire Started When Boy, 5, Ignited Christmas Tree 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z Nearly a quarter of its population is below the poverty line; among families headed by single mothers, like the victims in the recent fire, the number rises to 42 percent. 18 People, a Deadly Fire: For Some, Crowded Housing Is Not a Choice 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z About a million people out of a total population of 19 million are estimated to live below the poverty line. From stability to turmoil - what's going on in Kazakhstan 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z Yet child poverty hasn't budged: Just as was true when the legislation passed, today nearly one in five American children are living below the poverty line, twice the average rate in other developed countries. The cruel failure of welfare reform in the Southwest 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z In total, the center estimates that 10 million children could be pushed below the poverty line or deeper into poverty. Congress can help families with Child Tax Credit 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z By next year, about 25 million people, half the population, could be living below the national poverty line. Stay or Go? For Myanmar’s Latest Wave of Refugees, There’s No Good Choice. 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z Even women who don’t sink below the federal poverty line — $12,413 last year for a one-person household — face economic precariousness. Why Older Women Face Greater Financial Hardship Than Older Men 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z The World Health Organization is warning of millions of children suffering malnutrition, and the United Nations says 97% of Afghans will soon be living below the poverty line. AP PHOTOS: Afghans desperate; Taliban face economic ruin 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z One-third of the island’s population lives below the poverty line, and the cost of living is higher than in the French mainland. Protesters storm Guadeloupe legislature over vaccine rules 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z The ECA now warns that the economic effects already felt since the pandemic began in 2020 “will push an additional 5 to 29 million below the extreme poverty line.” COVID-19 spike worsens Africa’s severe poverty, hunger woes 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Those living beneath the poverty line were the least likely to receive economic assistance, as they had not been required to file the tax returns on which the payments were based. Opinion | Giving dollars, and dignity, to those in need 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z "If I were to retire tomorrow I'd fall under the poverty line. I have two young children, education is expensive. If we want more solidarity in society, the state has to get involved." Change, freedom, order: Chilean dreams differ ahead of historic vote 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z All told, some 4.1 million children are on track to be lifted above the poverty line, according to analysis from the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities. Child tax credit close to lapsing as December checks go out 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z About 50 percent of abortion patients live below the federal poverty line, 25 percent just above it, Joffe said. This doctor commutes 800 miles to provide abortion services in underserved communities 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z It would expand Medicaid nationwide and allow people to join even if their incomes were a little above the poverty line. 2 million uninsured are eager for Congress to fill a coverage gap — even temporarily 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Madagascar has one of the highest poverty rates in the world, with more than 90% of the population in the affected southern Grand Sud region living below the poverty line, according to Amnesty International. Madagascar food crisis caused more by poverty, natural weather than climate change - study 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Their 2014 survey found three quarters of people receiving abortions were either on low incomes or below the poverty line in the US. US Supreme Court hears landmark abortion case 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z The women in the latter group, who were forced to carry their pregnancy to term, were four times more likely to fall below the poverty line during the next five years. A Timeline of How Abortion Laws Could Affect Pregnancy Decisions 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Peacock’s annual income is above the federal poverty line of $12,880 for a single adult or $17,420 for a family of two. Students loved this teaching assistant. They didn’t know he was living in his car. 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z In 2020, the number of Hondurans living below the poverty line likely went up to 55% and unemployment almost doubled, according to World Bank estimates. Factbox: Castro set for victory in Honduras election: cartels, poverty and China loom 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z He said the money lost to fraud could have provided $160,000 to each individual in the country below the poverty line. ‘Makes me mad’: COVID-19 jobless aid flowed to enemy nations 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z "That's $2 a day which is precisely the World Bank's definition of the poverty line," Mr Rosenthal tells me in an empty back office, citing the success of similar programmes in Brazil and Jamaica. Hondurans vote to replace controversial leader 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z A third of the Guadeloupe population lives below the poverty line, and unemployment rate is 17%. Amid riots, France to consider some autonomy for Guadeloupe 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z Since 2009, United Way and its partners have used the criteria to take a high-definition snapshot of people in Peacock’s position — those living above the federal poverty line but scrambling to pay for necessities. Students loved this teaching assistant. They didn’t know he was living in his car. 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z By the middle of next year, as much as 97 percent of the Afghan population could sink below the poverty line, according to an analysis by the United Nations Development Program. Afghan Economy Nears Collapse as Pressure Builds to Ease U.S. Sanctions 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z She said 16% of seniors in Pasadena live below the poverty line. 'Everything is sky high': Higher prices, barer tables for many at Thanksgiving this year 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z Most growers are immigrants living below the United Nations poverty line of $1.90 a day. In Ivory Coast, a battle to save cocoa-ravaged forests 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Nearly half of the city is below the poverty line. The harmonious US city run by Muslim Americans 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z Bread for the City feeds the hungry, operating two food pantries that provide groceries to more than 8,400 District residents living near the poverty line. Perspective | The Post’s annual Helping Hand campaign kicks off with three new charities 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z More than 90% of the population in Madagascar’s “Deep South” region lives below the poverty line, making families extremely vulnerable, according to Amnesty International. More than 1 million need urgent food aid in south Madagascar 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z Today, approximately a quarter of the city lives below the federal poverty line. A Mississippi city’s water system is collapsing. The federal infrastructure bill could help save it, but only if the state cooperates. 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z Vietnam, which used to be one of the world's poorest countries, has experienced significant economic growth over the past 30 years, however much of the population still lives below the poverty line. Vietnamese minister criticised over 'Salt-bae' gold-plated steak dinner 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Free water distribution sites are a fixture of life in the majority Black city, where almost half of the nearly 10,000 residents live below the poverty line. Michigan city on edge as lead water crisis persists 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Free water distribution sites are a fixture of life in the majority Black city in the southwestern corner of Michigan, where almost half of the nearly 10,000 residents live below the poverty line. Michigan city on edge as lead water crisis persists 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z The Affordable Care Act intended for states to expand Medicaid to cover adults with incomes up to 138 percent of the federal poverty line — currently about $17,800 a year for an individual. Democrats’ Bill Would Cover Poor Uninsured Adults, Up to a Point 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z A recent UN report said as much as 97% of the population could sink below the poverty line by mid-2022. From academic to labourer: Afghan economic crisis spares few 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z “For people that are just regular, right at the poverty line and working,” she said, “it would make a difference.” Paid leave’s demise tough on backers in Manchin’s home state 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z L.A. is a diverse place, home to some of the country’s richest ZIP codes but with a median household income of $62,142 and 18% of the population living below the poverty line. A reader asked: What do tourists think of Angelenos? We asked around 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z With drought ongoing as well, the United Nations predicts 95% of the population will go hungry and as much as 97% of the country risks sinking below the poverty line. The economy on the brink, Taliban rely on former technocrats 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z The move is expected to ease the burden on players, some of whom have incomes from teams that fall below the federal poverty line of $12,880 for individuals. MLB to require housing for some minor leaguers in 2022 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z The Basic Needs Allowance would provide a monthly stipend to service members whose incomes fall below 130% of the federal poverty line. Congress must back allowance to meet basic needs of military families 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z To this day, we still base some forms of assistance on the “poverty line,” a measurement whose criteria have not been updated since 1963. Opinion | Means testing is bad policy and bad politics. Keep it out of the Build Back Better Act. 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z “My people have not enough hospitals, not enough health care services. Many of my people are below the poverty line,” he said in an interview in August. In Iraq Election, Shiite Cleric Who Fought U.S. Strengthens Power 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Bello says that for many families who live below the poverty line, it just isn't possible to afford hospital treatment. Malaria vaccine 'will change African lives forever' 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z The steepest drop in crime, up to 29 percent, was in the several blocks surrounding vacant lots in neighborhoods whose residents live below the poverty line. Opinion | To Combat Gun Violence, Clean Up the Neighborhood 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z As a result, in the early 1990s, one-third of Russians dropped below the poverty line. Climate-change transition in the Age of Billionaires 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z The poverty line also fails to account for regional variation in cost of living. Opinion | Means testing is bad policy and bad politics. Keep it out of the Build Back Better Act. 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z The largest single reduction to the welfare state in British history, it’s forecast to push half a million more people below the poverty line, including 200,000 children. Opinion | Britain Is Heading Into a Nightmarish Winter 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Belgium is one of Europe’s richest countries, but Brussels is a city of stark contrasts, with 30 percent of its residents living below the poverty line. He Sees Migrants as ‘Modern Slaves,’ and Has Devoted His Life to Helping Them 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z There is a three-year monitoring period in which borrowers must submit annual documentation verifying their income does not exceed the poverty line. Biden administration grants automatic student loan forgiveness to 323,000 permanently disabled borrowers 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z Nearly half of Bosnia’s people live under or close to the poverty line. As deaths rise, vaccine opponents find a foothold in Bosnia 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z In the past year, the number of citizens living under the official poverty line — bringing home less than the equivalent of $46 a month — increased by nearly 40%, the government’s own figures show. Beset by inflation, Iranians struggle with high food prices 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Nearly one in five aides lives below the poverty line. Long Hours, Low Pay, Loneliness and a Booming Industry 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z It is time to create an equity fund that will alleviate local funding disparities by targeting additional state dollars to schools with 55 percent or more of their students living below the poverty line. Opinion | Virginia schools in high-poverty areas need equitable funding 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z Now Clyburn wants to deliver for the roughly 2.2 million people who sit below the federal poverty line but have no health insurance because their governors would not accept the ACA’s Medicaid expansion. Analysis | Top Democrats want to expand health care access. But they need to find a way to do it. 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z Black and Hispanic Americans, Americans living below the federal poverty line and younger adults are especially likely to face food challenges, according to the poll. Many hurdles for families with food challenges: AP-NORC poll 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z About 54.5% of Afghanistan's population live below the national poverty line, according to the World Bank. Giving birth under the Taliban 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z In one ZIP Code here — 53206 — 42% of people now live below the poverty line, among the highest rates in Wisconsin. On the front lines of the U.S. homicide epidemic: Milwaukee faces historic violence 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z A majority of the women served in the program are using Medi-Cal, the state’s insurance for low-income and disabled people and have household incomes under 50% of the federal poverty line, according to agency data. California to receive $19.2-million federal boost for maternal, child health programs 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Researchers believe it will raise 4.1 million children above the poverty line, reducing child poverty by more than 40 percent. Child tax credit less likely to have been claimed by parents without high school degree, survey shows 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z More than 15% of the industry’s workers live below the poverty line in 41 states and half need public assistance. Harris, Yellen make a personal case for fixing child care 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z In the Philippines, more than 17 million people live below the poverty line, according to the Asian Development Bank. As most students return to classrooms, schools in some countries have been shuttered for 18 months straight 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z People living below the poverty line were far less likely to have health coverage, with fully one-quarter of the poor without any insurance last year. Poverty fell overall in 2020 as result of massive stimulus checks and unemployment aid, Census Bureau says 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z It is no coincidence that those working on flexible contracts pay wages that on average fall below the poverty line. The pandemic-era "flexible" workplace has become oppressive. Workers should demand more 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z A single road leads residents — the majority of whom live below the poverty line — in and out of the village, and there is a steady patrol of white and green Border Patrol trucks. Trump May Be Gone, But the Fight Against His Border Wall Goes On 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z Like nearly a fifth of the state’s population — disproportionately represented by Black residents and women — Blunt, 51, lives below the poverty line, and the economic fallout of the pandemic sent her to the brink. From COVID to Ida: Louisiana’s marginalized ‘see no way out’ 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z In the last few months alone the Lebanese currency has lost 90% of its value, while three quarters of the population are now living below the poverty line. Lebanon gets new government amid deepening crisis 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z They credit the stimulus payments and food assistance with preventing them from falling below the poverty line. Poverty fell overall in 2020 as result of massive stimulus checks and unemployment aid, Census Bureau says 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z The new program would cover those who make too much to qualify for Medicaid in those states but still live below the poverty line. Dems split over fed health help for elderly or poor in $3.5 trillion bill 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Only about a third of Salvadorans use the internet, and almost a quarter live below the poverty line. El Salvador’s Adoption of Bitcoin Is Off to a Rocky Start 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z But only about a third of Salvadorans use the internet, and almost a quarter live below the poverty line. In Global First, El Salvador Adopts Bitcoin as Currency 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z About 90 percent of Afghans live below the poverty line, and the Taliban takeover could worsen the situation as some foreign aid is frozen and the Kabul airport remains closed to most international traffic. Blinken says he will travel to Qatar and Germany to discuss Afghan evacuees 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z Without international recognition, Afghanistan’s economy will probably continue to falter, potentially plunging millions more people below the poverty line. Taliban finalizes plans for new government not expected to include any former leaders 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Some Egyptians see the new capital being for a privileged elite in a country where nearly a third of the population live below the poverty line. From creaking Cairo, Egypt plans high-tech leap with new capital 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z There’s no calculating how far below or above they sit from the poverty line. Perspective | Maybe the best thing to come of the pandemic: Free lunch for all in schools 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Around a quarter of the population live below the national poverty line, and the average yearly income is just $850 per person. Ethiopia's economy battered by Tigray war 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z The children are participants in a program that is based in a Baltimore neighborhood where many families live below the poverty line. Perspective | A former cop created a program to help Baltimore kids. Now, she’s hoping to give them more: a permanent safe haven. 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z The Taliban also has inherited a fragile, aid-dependent economy where about 90 percent of the people live below the poverty line. Taliban finalizes plans for new government not expected to include any former leaders 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z This, despite the fact that around 22 percent of Indians still live below the poverty line, defined in U.S. currency terms at $1.90 a day. Policies Mandated by Multilateral Institutions Are Contributing to India's COVID Catastrophe 2021-08-22T04:00:00Z They don’t acknowledge that living above the poverty line may still mean you don’t have enough food at home to eat or the money to cover a school lunch bill. Perspective | Maybe the best thing to come of the pandemic: Free lunch for all in schools 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z A model adopted by New York City made half-price Metro cards available to residents with incomes below the poverty line. Opinion | D.C.’s Metro must up its game. The region’s prosperity depends on it. 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z About two-thirds of the population live below the poverty line, on less than $1.90 per day, according to the Asian Development Bank. Factbox: Crisis pushes Afghanistan's economy closer to the brink 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z But the most startling declines were in neighborhoods below and just above the poverty line, where the average household income for a family of four was $35,000 or less. The kindergarten exodus 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z In Cameroon, for instance, structural adjustments increased poverty, and 37.5 percent of its population now lives below the national poverty line. Policies Mandated by Multilateral Institutions Are Contributing to India's COVID Catastrophe 2021-08-22T04:00:00Z However, the Resolution Foundation says policymakers need to do more to help families who are close to the poverty line. Energy prices rise again for millions of households 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities estimates that the program — which for now remains a one-year experiment — will raise 4.1 million children above the poverty line. ‘Broke again’: Child tax credit payments collide with debt and eviction for working families 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z Death rates also tended to be higher in neighborhoods with a greater percentage of residents living below the poverty line. Meet the New Yorkers Mapping the City’s Heat Islands 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z Among the world’s strictest, it precipitated a human tragedy, driving mass migrations and forcing 75 million people below the poverty line. How a Remote Indigenous Community Fought the Pandemic 2021-07-31T04:00:00Z In addition to there being nearly 20 million fewer people in poverty, the institute projects about 10 million fewer in “near poverty,” with incomes of 100 to 150 percent of the poverty line. Pandemic Aid Programs Spur a Record Drop in Poverty 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z “We used to think about poverty in the United States as static — your income is below the poverty line — but people’s lives are very volatile.” Why the New Monthly Child Tax Credit Is More Likely to Be Spent on Children 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z The World Bank estimates more than 1.5 million Turks fell below the poverty line last year. Analysis-When Erdogan's Turkish economic miracle began failing 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z At least a third of children here live below the federal poverty line, and at Pleasant View Elementary, where Alexa attended through eighth grade, 90 percent of students are considered economically disadvantaged. The new child tax credit could lift more than 5 million kids out of poverty. Can it help them learn, too? 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z At least a third of children here live below the federal poverty line, and at Pleasant View Elementary, where Alexa attended through 8th grade, 90% of students are considered economically disadvantaged. The new child tax credit could lift more than 5 million kids out of poverty. Can it help them learn, too? 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z In the meantime, Mallinson is forced to live below the poverty line. 90-year-old widow faces economic hardship amid massive backlog of veteran records 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z Today, 1 in 7 residents live below the poverty line, according to the U.S. The stimulus helped these Trump voters pay rent and bills. But they blame it for a range of economic ills. 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z His district is 97 percent students of color, he noted, and 90 percent also live below the poverty line. Schools use home visits, calls to convince parents to choose in-person classes in fall 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z Under the best of circumstances, renters are among the hardest people to count because they tend to be more transient and are more likely to live below the poverty line. Census takers worry that apartment renters were undercounted 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z Some states, like New Jersey, offer subsidies at 350% of the federal poverty line but only when relatives are providing care. New Mexico gives most US funding to child care of any state 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Some 30 people lost their jobs in a town where more than a third of the population lives below the poverty line, according to an estimate by the U.S. The land was worth millions. A Big Ag corporation sold it to Sonny Perdue’s company for $250,000. 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z Half of the population is believed to be living below the poverty line. Lebanon banks close in solidarity after assault on staff 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z Children who live in housing built before 1978 or in households with incomes at or below the federal poverty line are thought to face the greatest risk of exposure. EXPLAINER: Infrastructure deal targets lead pipes 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z The government is struggling to provide for a population where now 55% live under the poverty line since the crisis began in late 2019. In times of crises, Lebanon’s old must fend for themselves 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z The reasons are not hard to discern; nearly half of the nation’s 19 million people live below the poverty line. Harris arrives in Guatemala to tackle migration causes 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z An economic crisis is deteriorating in a country where over 80% of the population lives below the poverty line and the local currency is in a free fall. Syria’s Assad wins a fourth term in a predictable landslide 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z For people of color and those living below the poverty line, it was nearly double that, 2.77 degrees Celsius. Heat and smog hit low-income communities and people of color hardest, scientists say 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z In around half the cities, the average person of colour faced higher summertime heat than people living below the poverty line, even though just 10% of people of colour were classed as poor. Global heating: Study shows impact of 'climate racism' in US 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z This is the case even though only 10 percent of people of color lived below the poverty line in 2017. People of color more exposed to heat islands, study finds 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z The research also showed that households below the poverty line, across all racial and ethnic groups, faced more blistering temperatures than more affluent households. Hot summer days are even hotter for many Americans of color 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z With a virus that disproportionately hits the poor, more than 30% of the city lives below the poverty line. A little city, battered by the virus, tells its stories 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z Critics say the decision will deepen the divisions within the country, where a large section of the society lives under the poverty line. Pakistan’s Private Vaccine Sales Highlight Rich-Poor Divide 2021-05-22T04:00:00Z Those with incomes below 250% of the poverty line also will benefit from reduced cost-sharing, which means lower deductibles and other out-of-pocket costs. Liz Weston: You may be entitled to free health insurance now 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z A majority of residents in the region live below the poverty line and are employed in low-skill jobs that do not provide benefits, like health care. VP Kamala Harris blames climate change for immigration crisis at U.S.-Mexico border 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z The American Rescue Plan, which Mr. Biden signed in March, made people earning over 400% above the poverty line eligible for subsidies for the first time. Biden pushes to make large subsidies that helped revive Obamacare permanent 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z No one should work 40 hours a week and still live below the poverty line. Text of Biden’s first address to joint session of Congress 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z There is no grant money yet, but starting next year families with incomes of less than 200 percent of the poverty line will get matching funds for contributions. College Accounts at Birth: State Efforts Raise New Hopes 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z On the Shinnecock reservation, one person in five lives below the poverty line in a sparse mix of modest houses and ramshackle trailers. Why the Shinnecock Tribe Is Clashing With the Hamptons’ Elite 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z And about a quarter of the city’s population lives below the poverty line. Alton looks to stem tide by offering loans for home repairs 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z "We went from 7 million to 21 million people below the poverty line in one year. So people are also going hungry. All of this is impacting mortality." Why are so many babies dying of Covid-19 in Brazil? 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z It will be hard “for poor families who are below the poverty line and it will also be hard for them to secure and maintain their daily food,” he said. Humble fattoush salad shows cost of Lebanon's crisis at Ramadan 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z The problem is more pronounced at lower-income levels: 29% of Americans living below the federal poverty line say their personal finances worsened in the past year. Poll: 15% of Americans worse off a year into pandemic 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z Nearly 40% of residents in East St. Louis live below the federal poverty line. Urban farmers work to bring fresh food to southwest Illinois 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z More than 60 percent of households live under the poverty line, while the child poverty rate is above 75 percent, according to the most recent figures, which were collected before the coronavirus pandemic. In George Floyd’s old neighborhood, Biden’s war on poverty faces a crucial test 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z But of these women, nearly half live below the federal poverty line. Why Utah is making men pay women's pregnancy costs 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z The bill defines economic needs as being at or below the poverty line. Virginia lawmakers establish more LGBTQ protections 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z Those who benefit are subject to a three-year monitoring period, in which they must submit annual documentation verifying their income does not exceed the poverty line. Biden administration waives rule for disabled borrowers, but advocates say much more could be done 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z “People are moving closer to the poverty line, they’re spending on meat and diapers,” said the publisher, who asked not to be identified. Opinion | How Sanctions Hurt Iranian Women 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z In research I’ve conducted using a large nationally representative sample, 59 percent of Americans will spend at least one year below the official poverty line between the ages of 20 and 75. Perspective | Five myths about poverty 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z The EPA found the adjoining neighborhoods — where nearly 27 percent of residents live below the poverty line and 75 percent are people of color — had “high risk vulnerability” to pollution. The island where it rained oil According to the World Bank, more than half the population is now living under the poverty line. Lebanon receives Russian vaccines imported by private sector 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z The EPA found the adjoining neighborhoods — where nearly 27% of residents live below the poverty line and 75% are people of color — had “high risk vulnerability” to pollution. Refinery rained oil onto Virgin Islands community that awaits cleanup a month later 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z About half of those children fall into what is called “extreme poverty,” with family incomes at 50% of that federal poverty line. Editorial Roundup: Tennessee 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z That number rises to 76 percent if it includes people who are near the poverty line. Perspective | Five myths about poverty 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z Percival researched online in August and learned that Florida restricts the program to parents with incomes of no more than 31 percent of the federal poverty line. In the coronavirus relief package, a prescription to expand Medicaid 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z In a country where at least a third of the population was already living below the poverty line, civil disobedience is bringing tremendous self-imposed hardship to the people. Myanmar Protesters Answer Military’s Bullets With an Economic Shutdown 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z It’s similar to a House measure, but the Senate version limits eligibility to families with income up to 300% of the federal poverty line. New Hampshire Senate gives initial OK to school voucher bill 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z Among them is a long-sought enhancement of premium subsidies to cover almost all Americans rather than being capped at households earning 400% of the federal poverty line. Column: Jonathan Cohn's history of Obamacare shows how our political system is broken 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z A recent assessment of New Hanover County by the Office of Diversity and Equity found that Black residents are the most likely to live in poverty, with 33% living at or below the poverty line. Wilmington’s Black community shrunk over the past 30 years 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z As a result, the median income for Amherst’s white families is more than two times that of Black families, and more than half its Black population lives below the poverty line. A price tag on trauma? College town weighs Black reparations 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z |
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