During the 2025 tax debate, policymakers have the opportunity to remake the tax code so that it is fairer, works for low- and ...

The Census Bureau has released nationwide figures for poverty, income, and health insurance coverage in 2023 from its Current ...

The share of people lacking health coverage reached an all-time low for the second consecutive year in 2023, falling to 7.9 ...

Two of the main types of assets that middle-income households own are already taxed in ways that resemble proposals to tax ...

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) announced today that Nikki Drevich has joined the organization as Chief ...

Some measures of poverty in 2023 reached or remained at all-time lows except for 2020 and 2021, when pandemic relief measures ...

Each year, thousands of families participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) have their benefits ...

Interpreting this year’s poverty figures requires caution: a temporary quirk in the poverty thresholds may understate ...

Our “Unwinding Watch” highlights key developments as states resume determinations on people’s Medicaid eligibility. Previously, the pandemic-related “continuous coverage” requirement safeguarded this ...

Food insecurity increased in 2023, from 12.8 percent in 2022 to 13.5 percent in 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) latest food insecurity report finds. Food insecurity has risen two ...