Wealth and Poverty

Three Highland Park residents talk about their changing neighborhood.

The bottom 40 percent of Americans make less now than they did 25 years ago.

Charities say large numbers of poor Londoners are being priced out of the city.

Dr. Jeffrey Brenner, was named one of the prestigious MacArthur Foundation 'genius grant' winners today. He organized a system in Camden, the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers, that tracks down the poorest patients who need care.

A new study by the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project shows that social media and the Internet are not helping much to get poorer people engaged in civic life.

In the third installment of Marketplace's "You Know You're Wealthy When" series, we traveled to New Orleans to ask residents of "The Big Easy" what being wealthy means to them.

People from all backgrounds weigh in on what makes a person wealthy.

Those who earn $50,000 to $75,000 donate about eight percent of their discretionary income. That's twice as much -- percentage-wise -- as those making above $200,000.

The recession has boosted the number of Americans on food stamps to 44 million.