New research from the Urban Institute credits stimulus checks, federal unemployment benefits, and bigger food stamps with a sizable drop in poverty.

The "war on poverty" turns 50 this week. Judging by the official rate, which has only edged down from 19 percent to 15 percent in that time, poverty is winning the war. In Annie Lowrey's excellent ...

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WHAT is the most important number in global economics? Judging by the volume of commentary it excites, America’s monthly payrolls report (released on October 7th) might qualify. Other contenders ...

It’s a sobering statistic: half of all public students in the country are economically disadvantaged. That’s the headline that came out earlier this year, prompted by a report from the Southern ...