VIDEO: How The Media Cares More About Trivia Than Poverty

VIDEO: How The Media Cares More About Trivia Than Poverty: According to new Cenus Bureau data released last week, the United States remains stuck with a high poverty rates. As of 2011, 46.2 million Americans — 15 percent of the national population — were living at or below the federal poverty line, which is set at $23,000 a year for a family of four. The [...]/p

STUDY: Media Campaign Coverage Almost Never Addresses Poverty

STUDY: Media Campaign Coverage Almost Never Addresses Poverty: The Census Bureau recently found that the poverty rate stalled at 15 percent in 2011, unchanged from the year before, when analysts had expected an increase. That still means, however, that one in six Americans are living in poverty — a level the country has only briefly reached twice since 1970. The bad news is [...]/p

Poverty Rate Remained Stable, But Income Inequality Grew In 2011

Poverty Rate Remained Stable, But Income Inequality Grew In 2011: After three consecutive years of increases in American poverty, the number of Americans living on incomes at or below the poverty line remained stable in 2011, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau released today. The poverty rate remained unchanged at 15 percent, meaning 46.2 million Americans are living at or below the federal [...]/p