Leading American poverty researcher Mark Robert Rank joins the Utterly Moderate Podcast to discuss his Poverty Risk Calculator and the risk Americans face of experiencing poverty throughout their ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa --- Roughly 70,000 fewer Iowans are categorized as living in poverty between 2009 and 2011 under an alternative method the federal government is using to measure economic well-being.

The cost of basics like housing and food rose, while incomes and other resources, like public benefits, did not keep up.