As we recover from an election cycle where candidates spent $6 billion and prepare for an upcoming holiday season where we will spend an estimated $586 billion, a new report released by the U.S. Census Bureau – The Research Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2011 reminds us all that nearly 50 million people live in poverty across the richest nation on earth. The supplemental poverty measure (SPM) takes into account essential expenditures like clothing, food, shelter and [...]

  From PBS: In the film, FRONTLINE goes to the Quad Cities, a great American crossroads along the border of Iowa and Illinois, where the Mississippi River intersects Interstate 80 — an area deeply scarred by the Recession. FRONTLINE spent months following three young girls who are growing up against the backdrop of their families’ struggles against financial ruin. The result is an intimate portrait of the economic crisis as it’s rarely seen, through the [...]

Fresh evidence is in to remind us of the uncomfortable fact that too many children in Kentucky are growing up in poverty, putting them and our commonwealth at a serious disadvantage. According to new Census Bureau data from the American Community Survey released today, over 1 in 4 children in Kentucky live in families with incomes below $22,350 a year for a family of four. Research shows that, on average, families need an income of [...]