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## poverty


* ![Colourful image of people manipulating columns of a bar graph.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt419d6fa889f8a860/698a9c57c9e9419a811249b6/america-economic-future.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 20, 2024  
## [Our Economy Needs More Than White Men](https://time.com/7177856/diversity-minorities-america-economic-future-purchasing-power/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by John Hope Bryant
* ![Aisha Nyandoro](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf258e4ab846a2c05/698a5bace6e84a52d72b3794/time100-next-2024-aisha-nyandoro-profile.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 2, 2024  
## [Why Aisha Nyandoro Gives Mothers Cash](https://time.com/7026694/aisha-nyandoro-interview-time100-next-2024/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Belinda Luscombe
* ![Appalachia](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0109f78aca0c39ba/698a5711b3fce35e5e0cd34b/appalachia-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 23, 2024  
## [The Demonization of Rural America](https://time.com/6980243/classism-rural-america-essay/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Bobi Conn
* ![People attend a food distribution organized by embattled Los Angeles City Council member Kevin de León, who was recorded making racist remarks last fall, in Los Angeles](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f373f099cbb12e7/698a40f09d83e8cf25b97c00/GettyImages-1683459472.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 4, 2023  
## [The U.S.'s Surprising Poverty Levels](https://time.com/6320076/american-poverty-levels-state-by-state/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Jeremy Ney
* ![a young boy looks out the window of a blue car](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08e5e18c7899bac2/698a4057b21a9c4203507930/child-poverty-spike.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 12, 2023  
## [What's Behind the Spike in Child Poverty](https://time.com/6313242/child-poverty-rate-2022-census/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Belinda Luscombe  
* ![House On Highway Near Graceville Alabama](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt721559f033155059/698a3fbbcabb1de827e51afa/Rural-Black-opioid-addiction.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 22, 2023  
## [Rural Black Opioid Addiction is Rising](https://time.com/6307190/the-face-of-rural-addiction-is-not-what-you-think/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Jerel Ezell
* ![US-POLITICS-WAGE-WORKERS](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3486740831223653/698a363a929fad2a19bf917e/Wages-Increasing-Study.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 5, 2022  
## [Why U.S. Income Inequality Hasn’t Risen in a Decade](https://time.com/6220111/income-inequality-us-2/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Nik Popli
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt244b1a2111c85ae9/698a0928656a3ffdc2bd990c/child-poverty-america.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 23, 2020  
## [Child Poverty Is a Moral Tragedy. This Policy Would Significantly Reduce the Number of Kids Affected](https://time.com/5770133/child-poverty-america/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Jeff Madrick
* ![Stepp prepares to bed down in his regular spot in downtown McMinnville, Ore., on Aug. 7, 2018](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt46fbb5f70adb009f/698a08ebdb29873c03264cd9/tightrope-book-excerpt-working-class-america.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 16, 2020  
## [There Are Far Too Many 'Deaths of Despair' in the U.S. How Much Longer Will We Turn Our Backs on This Crisis?](https://time.com/5766180/tightrope-book-excerpt-working-class-america/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
* ![Food Bank For NYC Provides Food Pantry And Soup Kitchen To Harlem Families](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0a0e325e44fc69d7/698a070d929fad1ababf55ba/Food-Stamps-Cuts.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 6, 2019  
## [Trump Administration’s New Food Stamp Rule: What to Know](https://time.com/5744647/trump-food-stamps-rule/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Jasmine Aguilera  
* ![2019 Homeless count report](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2fceb18a10b5ec98/69894ac622fb85e45ce285a7/gettyimages-1153747249.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 4, 2019  
## [Homelessness Jumps 16% in Los Angeles](https://time.com/5600995/los-angeles-homeless-increase/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Jasmine Aguilera
* ![INDONESIA-ECONOMY](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blted152bfe86b54b92/698943b17cdbac5490d5ee9d/gettyimages-806951744.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 21, 2019  
## [Report: 26 People Own as Much as the Poorest 3.8 Billion](https://time.com/5508393/global-wealth-inequality-widens-oxfam/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Casey Quackenbush
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdbb2966a35828290/6988f96c656a3f5e06bd3472/gdp-terrible-metric-success-wealth-david-pilling.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 25, 2018  
## [Why GDP Is a Terrible Metric for Success and Wealth](https://time.com/5118026/gdp-metric-success-wealth/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by David Pilling
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Jan 10, 2018  
## [Better Sleep Can Protect Us From Trauma](https://time.com/5096767/better-sleep-can-protect-us-from-trauma/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by The Aspen Institute
* ![Rear view of female family members walking through field](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc0ada2413a446438/6988f5aebc6cfc59143e4684/women-happy-hugging.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 19, 2017  
## [Money Can’t Buy Happiness, But It Does Change How You Experience It](https://time.com/5071079/happiness-income/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Amanda MacMillan

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