Too much month and not enough check plagued the U.S. poor and working class before the federal government shutdown and funding lapse. To wit, business is ...

Millions of Americans rely on federal assistance for access to nutritious food. Here's who's impacted as funds dry up in the ...

Across the country, policymakers are criminalizing homelessness. The intent, they say, is to attend to the unhoused and revitalize public spaces. But service providers know enforcement-based ...

Data show a resilient economy. But that largely reflects spending by the rich, while others pull back amid high prices and a ...