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Poverty
Majority of Americans believe economy is rigged
Oct 16, 2020
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.
The pandemic threatens to push more people in Mexico into poverty
Oct 1, 2020
And Mexico doesn't pay unemployment insurance.
Many are still waiting for unemployment, months later
Sep 25, 2020
For many of those who have now gone months without a paycheck or unemployment, things are dire.
Unemployment benefits are all over the map
Aug 27, 2020
So we created an interactive map of unemployment benefits and average rent across all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on rebuilding trust between the city and its people
Aug 17, 2020
Lightfoot wants to "unwind" Chicago's "addiction to fines and fees" so as to not drive people into bankruptcy and out of the economy.
How to help the poor amid COVID-19? Give them money, says Nobel laureate Esther Duflo
by
David Brancaccio
and Rose Conlon
Apr 9, 2020
If a segment of the population stops buying things, it could lead to a much larger economic crisis, Duflo warned.
A tax refund is a lifeline for a lot of Americans
Mar 4, 2020
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.
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Food stamp change could cut 700,000 from SNAP
Dec 5, 2019
Unemployment is at historic lows but some workers still face hurdles to work.
Anti-hunger advocates eye latest food insecurity data
Sep 4, 2019
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.
The child poverty rate today is the same as in 1990
Jun 17, 2019
In 2017, the child poverty rate was 18%. Go back nearly three decades to 1990: also 18%.