2.5 Million Fewer Poor People in 2016; Biggest Two-Year Decline in Poverty since 1969
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): Improving Economy and Help from Now-Threatened Assistance Make the Difference The poverty rate declined to 12.7 percent in 2016, down from 13.5 percent in 2015 and from 14.8 percent in 2014, according to … Continued