Poverty

More than 80% of Black Americans and nearly 70% of women say the economy is rigged in favor of certain groups. Experts say they're right.

And Mexico doesn't pay unemployment insurance.

For many of those who have now gone months without a paycheck or unemployment, things are dire.

So we created an interactive map of unemployment benefits and average rent across all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Lightfoot wants to "unwind" Chicago's "addiction to fines and fees" so as to not drive people into bankruptcy and out of the economy.

If a segment of the population stops buying things, it could lead to a much larger economic crisis, Duflo warned.

Last year, after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 went into effect, a lot of people saw their tax refunds shrink or disappear.

Unemployment is at historic lows but some workers still face hurdles to work.

The USDA's report on "Household Food Security in the U.S." uses a variety of measures to gauge whether households are food insecure, such as whether people have had to skip a meal or reduce the size of a meal for financial reasons.

In 2017, the child poverty rate was 18%. Go back nearly three decades to 1990: also 18%.