Drivers in Pennsylvania and Michigan have benefited from temporary consumer protections during economic downturns and ...

The recent passage of the Big Beautiful Bill Act by the House of Representatives marks a significant shift in tax policy for seniors. While the complete elimination of federal taxes on Social Security ...

The Trump administration made work requirements for low-income people receiving government assistance a priority in 2025. The ...

A “pretrial justice” fund created to help low income people pay bail was victimized by one of its supporters in an ...

Neighborhoods with sparse food access and low income could be a risk factor for accelerated cognitive decline and lead to more health disparities, a report published Tuesday in BMC Medicine finds.

The experience of getting a paycheck, then immediately sinking it into rent, car payments, and groceries, leaving little to savings, is very common in the United States. This is particularly true in a ...

Social protection and labor programs help households and workers manage crises, escape poverty, navigate transitions, and seize employment opportunities. Despite recent progress, three in four people ...

Considering financial struggles and concerns have the power to affect a person’s psychological well-being and mental health, it’s not surprising that they also play a role in the more seemingly ...

Standard bail requires a person in custody to pay the entire cost up front as collateral for their release from jail, like the Douglas County Jail seen here. ACLU of Kansas is calling for expanding ...

While many of the things wealthy people refuse to do when they’re tired but broke people still do are rooted in institutional flaws and economic inequality, they still have the choice and freedom to ...

As the cost of living rises, driven by a housing affordability crisis, the very definition of being “low income” is changing. In Orange, Santa Barbara and San Diego counties, the threshold for a ...