(NewsNation) — A viral claim that $140,000 is the “real poverty line” has reignited debate over how poverty is defined and what it means to be middle class in 2025. Investor Michael Green recently ...

There are times when the good deeds that happen by the magic of the Internet make us quite giddy. This time? Well, this time they make us cringe, to the tune of $100,000. If you haven’t read the ...

To most people, it doesn’t look like a young, multi-lingual woman who’s successfully raising a family and getting published in the Huffington Post. But one viral post about how “Poverty is bleak and ...

This guest essay reflects the views of Louise Skolnik, professor emeritus of social work at Adelphi University and former Nassau County director of human services and deputy commissioner of the county ...

When I set out to write this essay, I had little concrete idea of what I sought to achieve. I knew that there was something unique about becoming an academic from a situation of clear poverty, and ...

The stereotype of the so-called welfare queen driving a luxury car while leaching off of society is an enduring one. Darlena Cunha takes on this idea in a personal essay published Tuesday by The ...