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America's way of measuring poverty is stuck in the 1960s. Here's how we can fix it.
Many Americans are struggling financially but don't qualify for aid because they technically make a…
Juliana Kaplan,Noah Sheidlower,Allie Kelly
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Joe Biden's pre-election spending spree created an 'economy on speed,' economist says
Peter Morici said plenty of jobs have been created in healthcare, government, and social assistance…
Theron Mohamed
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Meet the millennials who made all the right money moves in the pandemic economy and are suddenly wealthy
Millennials' average wealth doubled in the last four years, leaving some surprised to realize that …
Juliana Kaplan
4 mins read
Here's where funding comes from for guaranteed basic-income programs giving money with no strings attached to low-income Americans
Basic income programs in San Antonio, Austin, Denver, and Atlanta draw funding from federal relief,…
Allie Kelly,Noah Sheidlower
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Support like child tax credits and basic income reduces child abuse, researchers found
Doctors found that giving financial support to low-income families could lower rates of child negle…
Allie Kelly
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Biden's economic policies have quietly made peoples' lives better — and no one seems to care
Biden's policies will create millions of jobs and help rebuild roads and public transit, but it's a…
Juliana Kaplan
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5 million kids fell into poverty last year after Congress cut off Biden's monthly checks to parents
The expanded child tax credit gave monthly checks to parents and helped pay bills. There were 5 mil…
Madison Hoff
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Biden's big pandemic stimulus bill is helping get more than 100,000 homeless people into housing by the end of the year
The Biden administration announced a plan to cut homelessness by 25% in two years, as inflation and…
Jason Lalljee
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Trump and Biden's pandemic stimulus helped Americans get wealthier at the fastest rate this century
People of color in particular saw a huge surge in wealth over the last three years, thanks to growt…
Jason Lalljee,Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Biden's big pandemic stimulus bill is still helping prop up pension funds nearly 2 years after it was passed
The Biden administration said that funding from the American Rescue Plan just helped save 350,000 m…
Juliana Kaplan
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From interest rates to China's slowdown, these are the issues that will make 2024 another 'rocky year,' Harvard economist says
"Don't be surprised if 2024 turns out to be a rocky year for everyone," Kenneth Rogoff wrote for Pr…
Filip De Mott
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The US beat out China as South Korea's top export market for the first time in 2 decades
Geopolitical trends continue to shift as South Korea sent more goods to the US than China in Decemb…
Phil Rosen
2 mins read
Democrats passed Biden's stimulus law without GOP votes. Here's why they can't do the same to bring back Roe v. Wade.
Rep. Elissa Slotkin wants her party to consider reconciliation. It's a long shot that risks setting…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Top GOP senator slams Democrats' plan to renew Obamacare aid that would help Americans buy health insurance, calling it 'free money'
If Congress doesn't step in by midsummer, 13 million Americans face price hikes — only weeks before…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Biden's stimulus may have helped pay for Ron DeSantis' political stunt flying migrants to Martha's Vineyard
DeSantis may have exploited a stimulus loophole as he stepped up his campaign to troll liberals ahe…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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The White House fires back at Jeff Bezos, saying it 'doesn't require a huge leap' to understand why he opposed an economic agenda that taxes the superrich
Bezos lambasted the White House for pushing a plan he said would worsen inflation. He added that Ma…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Student-loan borrowers are about to be thrown back into repayment, and the economy will suffer — especially if Biden's debt cancellation is struck down
The student-loan payment resumption will be "very bad for the macroeconomy" if borrowers are footin…
Ayelet Sheffey
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McConnell was unnerved about Biden's child tax credit becoming too popular for the GOP to kill, book says
A book from two New York Times reporters reveal McConnell's unease with a key part of the stimulus …
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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There's no chance the student-loan payment pause will be extended again this year if McCarthy and Biden's debt-ceiling deal is signed into law
The debt-ceiling deal codifies the end of the student-loan payment pause, meaning no matter what ha…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Mitt Romney urges Biden 'to ditch his woke advisors' for stoking inflation with stimulus spending
Romney slammed Biden's management of the economy, saying that the team that "did pretty much everyt…