The Poverty Line

A year before his death, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. described "two Americas" -- one prosperous, one desperately poor. Not much has changed since 1967.

Nearly one-fifth of large companies are raising the cost of health insurance by only offering high-deductible “catastrophic” plans to employees.

American Winter and A Place at the Table put different faces on inequality in America.

In his State of the Union address, President Obama offered concrete proposals anti-poverty advocates have long waited for, but they aren't nearly enough.

What if, instead of tying the minimum wage to the cost of living, we tied it to the earnings of the top 1 percent?

TANF authorization expires at the end of March. Here are ten things the American people need to know about it.

The American people have been sold a bill of goods when it comes to the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program.

The impact of concentrated poverty — and of racial and socioeconomic segregation — on student achievement has gone unaddressed for too long.

A new smart chart shows that the gap between rich and poor in America is now greater than that of Mexico and other neighbors to the south.

In his second Inaugural address, President Obama offered words that inspired hope among some advocates fighting poverty in America.