To the Editor:

With all the frightful news we’ve been getting lately, e.g. Harvey, Irma, Jose, North Korea, etc., it’s refreshing to read some good news for a change: a typical household’s income rose, poverty has declined and the number of Americans without health care fell to a record low.

This good news is reported by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), a nonpartisan, nonprofit research and policy organization.

September 20, 2017