A wealth manager wrote that $140,000 a year means poverty in today's America, sparking controversy. He's wrong, but he made a ...

A popular blogger says the real poverty line for a family of four is around $140,000. There has been pushback.

A disturbing statistic revealing the dismal state of health in America is that more than 40% of the population is obese (defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as having a body mass ...

When reporting on poverty, the media fall into familiar traps and pundits make prescriptions that disregard the facts. So, in the fifth and final installment of our series, " Busted: America's Poverty ...

Joe Thomas is The Daily Signal’s Virginia correspondent. He is a 37-year broadcasting veteran with 17 years covering Virginia from the marches to the memorials and everything in between. Ever since ...

Census Bureau releases latest data on poverty in America. Sept. 13, 2011— -- An estimated 46.2 million Americans lived in poverty last year, or 15.1 percent, the highest rate since 1993, new data ...