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The "Poverty Premium": 12 Services That Cost the Poor More (and How the Wealthy Avoid Them)

In an ironic twist of economic injustice, being poor often costs more. This isn't just about income disparity; it's about a systemic "poverty premium" where individuals with limited financial ...
Salon

Poverty is fueling Trumpism — and there’s a sinister reason why

Before he died on Sept. 4 at the age of 99, psychologist Robert Jay Lifton left us with stark warnings about President Donald Trump and the American right. One of the country’s leading experts on how ...
MarketWatch

Incomes rose and poverty fell last year — so why do so many Americans feel ‘tapped out’?

Americans’ incomes inched higher last year and fewer people slipped into poverty, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual look at household wallets. Tuesday’s data showed Americans’ incomes ...
The Economist

Class, race and the chances of outgrowing poverty in America

In late-20th-century music, the elusiveness of the American Dream is a recurring theme. From Stevie Wonder’s ode to a boy “born in hard time Mississippi” in 1973 to Bruce Springsteen’s anthems to the ...
Staten Island Advance

As poverty drops across NYC, these boroughs’ rates remain above national average, new data shows

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Fewer New York City residents are living in poverty than in years past, but three of the city’s five boroughs still have rates above the national average, according to new data ...