Want to buy a home in a city with a high cost of living such as Miami, New York or Los Angeles? Unless you earn substantially more than the average salary, most of your income likely will go toward ...

A middle-class person in America would be considered rich beyond most people's wildest dreams in many parts of the world President Donald Trump and, more recently, Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic ...

Born Poor October 7, 2025 7/6c: pbs.org/frontline, PBS App 10/9c: PBS stations (check local listings), YouTube & the PBS Documentaries Prime Video Channel www ...

10 Worst States to Be Poor in America. Let’s talk about the worst states to live in poverty here in the USA. Living below the poverty line in the United States or any country for that matter sucks.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Four Florida cities were among the most “house-poor” cities in America, according to a recent report by Consumer Affairs. Homeowners who spend a significant portion of their ...

Last month, a Wall Street portfolio manager named Michael Green created a bit of a stir with a Substack article headlined, “How a broken benchmark quietly broke America.” His provocative economic ...

More than a decade ago, the Emmy-nominated documentary Poor Kids portrayed poverty in America as it’s rarely seen: through the eyes of children. Now, those kids — Brittany, Johnny and Kaylie — are all ...

We all live in our own version of reality. I received an interesting letter from a somewhat disgruntled retiree. He wondered how much money you need to be considered rich in America. “If you have $4 ...

You may feel broke when your rent or mortgage payment is withdrawn from your checking account each month. For many, this feeling is temporary, passing as soon as the next paycheck arrives. But if that ...