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 ...

Classic economic theory assumes low-income people would stop working if governments gave them money as a strategy to reduce poverty. New research co-authored by a Cornell expert in industrial ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Iowa was among the early states to expand Medicaid to low-income adults under the Affordable Care Act.

Workers who are paid low wages − and in many cases are trying to raise children on overstretched paychecks − can qualify for a financial boost by claiming the earned income tax credit on their tax ...

State deductions for tips and overtime are not only ineffective at supporting working-class people, it will come at a substantial cost to state budgets.

Paul Krugman details how the US traded a pro-worker Biden recovery for a K-shaped Trump freeze, widening the gap between rich ...

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When the manager of a local fried chicken restaurant pulls into the Waffle House parking lot, server and cook Mike Broughton gets to work. Four to six eggs, scrambled. Wheat toast, dry, with ...

This article was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Rental options continue to be widely ...