Opinion | The way the US measures poverty is outdated, misleading, and could leave millions of Americans without the aid they need to make it through the pandemic. By liztheo and shaillybarnes
in The New York Times offered a surprising assessment of poverty during the pandemic. It outlined how massive federal aid over the last three months may have capped a rise in poverty or actually lowered it.
These two studies arrived at different conclusions using different measures of poverty, reminding us that methodology is not a rarefied or impartial practice. There are political implications for how we define and measure our well-being. The reality is that our definition of poverty not only leaves millions of people out, it has laid the foundation for decades of anti-poor policies.
of what it costs for most families to meet their housing, childcare, food, healthcare, and transportation needs. Souls of Poor Folk: Auditing America This picture of enormous precocity complicates the meager definition of poverty that remains our national benchmark and informs all manner of federal policy. Within the expanded definition used by the Poor People's Campaign are millions of people who live just a $400 emergency away from poverty.
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