Used cars that once cost less than $20,000 are quickly disappearing from the market, and low-income workers are asking whether they’re being “priced out of the entire car market.” Even people working ...

In the third quarter of 2025, the labor share stood at 53.8 percent. That means that the share of the nation’s income going to workers over the past 78 years has declined by roughly 16 percent, as the ...

Something remarkable happened in the years immediately preceding and, especially, following the pandemic: Wages for poor workers began rising much faster than they did for the rich. That era may have ...

The Trump administration made work requirements for low-income people receiving government assistance a priority in 2025. The departments of Housing and Urban Development, Health and Human Services ...

Families who live on low to moderate incomes may qualify for the earned income tax credit, which advocates say can offer ...

While rent prices continue to trend downward nationwide, just five of the 50 largest US metros remain affordable for workers earning minimum wage on a 40-hour week. But there is some good news for low ...

As climate change accelerates, extreme heat is no longer just an environmental concern—it is becoming one of the most serious and overlooked labor risks of the 21st century. For millions of people who ...