Even middle-class families can be severely cost-burdened by child care.

The view from one location in Central California.

Southwest’s customer of size policy gave larger-bodied passengers a rare break on the cost of an extra seat. The airline will cut that accommodation early next year.

Plus, how communities are stepping up to feed their neighbors.

Nonprofits that do work the administration objects to — like helping support transgender or undocumented people — could see employees disqualified from the loan forgiveness program.

42 million Americans rely on SNAP.

“Many of our food banks are currently distributing the food that they typically stockpile for the Thanksgiving and Christmas season,” said Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance CEO Sylvia Blain.

Fewer tenants reported falling behind on rent, but landlords complained that they fell behind on making repairs.

That probably means that a parent — probably the mother — has dropped out of the labor force.

Nine-year-old Savanna Bradley is completely immobile. As she grew, the need to find a home that fit both her needs and the rest of the family’s grew, too.