Samantha Fields

The president over the weekend signed a memorandum extending the current payment pause and interest waiver for most federal student loans through the end of the year.

When the pandemic began, the federal government made it easier for states to approve people for SNAP, but that flexibility is ending this month, raising concerns that more people will go hungry.

Without federal unemployment benefits, "the economy tanks."

If you’ve struggled to get through to the unemployment office, you should still be able to file and get weeks or months of back pay.

Some who have lost jobs because of COVID still have not filed for unemployment benefits, even though they’re eligible.

More than six million people signed up for food stamps in just three months, more than in the first 17 months of the Great Recession.

In Los Angeles, more than 220,000 people applied to the city’s rent relief fund, but there is only enough money to help 50,000 people.

Widespread unemployment is putting more people at risk of not being financially secure in retirement.

“A lot of workers are saying no, I refuse to go back and put my health at risk and my family's health at risk for $2, $3 or $4 an hour.”

Lenders will not have to verify whether borrowers have the ability to pay back high-interest loans