The Upward Mobility Act is a proposed bill that would combine multiple federal anti-poverty programs into a single, flexible ...

Within the United States, education is commonly regarded as an equalizer to opportunity and upward mobility. In reality, there are countless impediments in the system that exclude low-income children ...

-- Even among those with employer-sponsored insurance, the greatest cohort reporting medical or dental debt were those in the ...

In much of the United States, a six-figure salary once signaled security. Now, for a family of four facing rent, child care ...

As climate change causes the plant to warm and people crank up their air-conditioning, Americans are spending increasingly more money on their energy bills. This means more people are experiencing ...

Low-income families often aren't able to take control of their health, despite the fact that many of them have health ...

U.S. household income fell in 2020 while the national poverty rate rose from a 60-year low as the Covid-19 pandemic upended the U.S. economy and threw millions out of work. Median, inflation-adjusted ...

The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics says there are about 1.1 million workers with wages at or below the federal minimum wage, making up 1.5 percent of all hourly paid workers. Moore, in her ...

In the same way states are building upon federal tax credits, localities should consider building on state tax credits.