We're starting to dance around a reality in which marriage is no longer for everyone. What's important is the question of why that's the case, and what happens next.
There's a debate over whether Mitt Romney's slip of the tongue Wednesday -- "I'm not concerned about the very poor," which doesn't sound great even in context -- is evidence of his authenticity or his inauthenticity.
Earning $45,000 or less annually per household is the U.S. Census Bureau's threshold or calling someone "low-income," and according to the bureau's latest figures, 48 percent of U.S. citizens fall into this category.
After white middle-aged Forbes contributor Gene Marks described what he would do "If I Were a Poor Black Kid," the Internet has done a total takedown of the tone-deaf piece, giving Marks a better idea of what the world for actual poor black kids is like.
Newt Gingrich has pitched himself as an ideas man, and as his presidential campaign accelerates, so does the rate of the generation of his ideas.
The New York Times and the Census Bureau teamed up to discover how many people are holding on, just above poverty. The answer: even more than they'd feared.
Things aren't getting better yet: the number of Americans living far below the poverty line is only growing larger, and increasingly the hardest hit areas are becoming suburbs.
Today The New York Times introduced yet another inequality that distinguishes the have-nots from catching up to the haves: the "app gap."
The poverty rate's jumped to 22 percent for U.S. minors, while staying only 9 percent for seniors
The right's response to record-high U.S. poverty rates
The debate over Mara Hvistendahl's new book rages on
A former Charm City cop takes us inside one of the city's junkie dens
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