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Poor people in battleground Georgia see no reason to vote and their decision could swing election
Politics

Poor people in battleground Georgia see no reason to vote and their decision could swing election

By Gary Fields and The Associated Press
October 22, 2024
Sparta residents
Environment

Prominent Georgia family faces a legal battle after it tried to displace residents from their homes

By Charlotte Kramon and The Associated Press
August 6, 2024
Heatwave deaths expose air conditioning crisis: Elderly and minorities most at risk
Environment

Heatwave deaths expose air conditioning crisis: Elderly and minorities most at risk

By
August 2, 2024
Black and white income gap shrank between Gen X and millennials in the U.S.
Politics

Black and white income gap shrank between Gen X and millennials in the U.S.

By Mike Schneider and The Associated Press
July 30, 2024
FCC fee used to fund telephone service for the poor and rural and broadband for schools and libraries is unconstitutional, court rules
Politics

FCC fee used to fund telephone service for the poor and rural and broadband for schools and libraries is unconstitutional, court rules

By Kevin McGill and The Associated Press
July 25, 2024
A woman and her daughter powe for a portrait outdoors
Health

A Tennessee mom lost Medicaid after the state launched a Deloitte-run system that managed eligibility. Then her life turned upside down

By Rachana Pradhan, Samantha Liss and KFF Health News
June 24, 2024
UN says 27% of the world’s children under 5 suffer severe food poverty
Politics

UN says 27% of the world’s children under 5 suffer severe food poverty

By Chinedu Asadu and The Associated Press
June 6, 2024
Amazon raised warehouse wages to $15 an hour 5 years ago. Today, half of workers surveyed told researchers they struggle to afford  food or rent
Success

Amazon raised warehouse wages to $15 an hour 5 years ago. Today, half of workers surveyed told researchers they struggle to afford  food or rent

By Matt Day and Bloomberg
May 16, 2024
Esther Duflo accepting her Nobel prize in 2019
Finance

Nobel laureate Esther Duflo proposes taxing 3,000 billionaires to protect the world’s poorest from climate change—and most Americans likely agree with the plan

By
April 20, 2024
Ken Paxton
Politics

Texas AG sues to halt a guaranteed income program, calling it a ‘socialist experiment’

By Juan Lozano and The Associated Press
April 9, 2024
St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones wearing a red coat while speaking to the press.
Personal Finance

St. Louis will pay $500 per month for residents to ‘lift themselves out of poverty’ in a program partly funded by Jack Dorsey

By
October 11, 2023
Husband and wife using laptop computers in kitchen
Personal Finance

New Census data shows why Americans hate the economy despite economists telling us to feel good about it

By
September 13, 2023
Cotopaxi co-founder Davis Smith
Features

The Cotopaxi co-founder’s leap of faith: Why Davis Smith stepped down as CEO and moved to Brazil 

By
August 22, 2023
senior couple paying bills

Half of boomers and late Gen Xers who took early retirement during the first Covid wave have fallen into poverty

By
July 7, 2023
NBA Draft
Success

From poverty to prosperity: NBA rookies transformed into millionaires overnight often struggle to navigate fame and fortune

By Rob Book and The Conversation
June 25, 2023

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