A look behind the Census Bureau's Supplemental Poverty Measure.

Census Bureau to put yearly American Community Survey online to save money, encourage responses.

More women employed in secretarial work than any other job, but they make inroads in other fields.

Commentator Susan Reed says the current census presents a skewed snapshot of corporate diversity by not asking participants for their national origin.

The noted African American media commentator and university professor take their road show to key election battleground states in hopes of pushing poverty onto the front burner of the presidential election agenda.

"Hispanic" would be an option for race, but some worry the change could have financial consequences.

According to the Census Bureau, retail sales growth in January was about half what was expected.

This summer, the pension plans of government employees lost a staggering quarter-trillion-dollars in assets.

The number of people under the official poverty line in the United States is higher than it has been in 50 years: more than 46 million people, more…