By not extending the 2021 temporary Child Tax Credit expansion, federal lawmakers have allowed the number of children and ...

The U.S. middle class is getting smaller and the number of Americans falling toward poverty is on the rise. As reported on News Center 7 at 5:30, more and more people are falling toward poverty as ...

Houston now has the highest poverty rate among America's largest cities, with nearly 1 in 3 kids living in poverty, according to new U.S. Census Bureau data. Why it matters: While Houston is often ...

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

Samantha Daley suffered a miscarriage in November — and received a $2,500 hospital bill on her sixth day of recovery. “Literally, as I’m reading this bill, I’m like, ‘Well, I’m going back to work ...

The city has a poverty rate of about 21.2 percent, which makes Houston the city with the highest poverty rate among the ...