Poverty rose in 2020 amid pandemic even as stimulus payments helped some 11.7 million Americans avoid it ...

Relief payments moved 11.7 million people from poverty in 2020, according to new Census Bureau data.

Direct cash payments to households and generous unemployment benefits helped to keep millions of Americans out of poverty after the coronavirus pandemic severely disrupted the U.S. economy and ...

The number of Americans living in poverty increased for the first time in five years in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic cost millions of Americans jobs and income, the U.S. Census Bureau said Tues… ...

"Invisible America" is a poignant film that delves into the harsh realities of poverty in the United States. Through compelling visual storytelling without narration, it exposes the hopelessness ...

The official poverty rate rose slightly to 11.4 percent in 2020, but the bureau said that after accounting for pandemic relief aid, the poverty rate fell to 9.1 percent.

Syracuse has ranked among the 10 highest-poverty school districts in New York during the past 10 years, averaging about 40% of students living in poverty throughout that time.

Social Security remains the largest form of government aid, with 26.5 million people being moved out of poverty thanks to the program, but that number was boosted in 2020 thanks to stimulus checks ...

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