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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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The House passes a bill to give parents a boosted child tax credit and businesses tax relief
Families that are covered under the legislation could see their 2023 taxes cut by $680.
Juliana Kaplan,Ayelet Sheffey,Lloyd Lee
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A retired couple gets $23 monthly from SNAP and uses credit cards to buy groceries. They worry about going hungry.
Mary Dacus and her husband Stephen receive $23 a month in SNAP benefits. They are one of 40 million…
Allie Kelly,Madison Hoff
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President Biden's new budget wants to bring back the child tax credit and make sure Americans don't face Social Security cuts all while taxing billionaires and big companies more
President Joe Biden's latest budget proposal would expand the child tax credit and create a paid-le…
Juliana Kaplan,Ayelet Sheffey
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JD Vance has some ideas on how to get Americans to have more babies
Vance, Trump's new running mate, says it's a crisis that the US isn't having enough babies.
Juliana Kaplan,Ayelet Sheffey
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Union Budget 2024-25 key highlights: Angel tax to be scraped
You can watch the presentation live on the official Youtube channels of the government. After her s…
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers' plan to boost the child tax credit for parents would help 'hundreds of thousands of kids get out of poverty,' a top economic official says
Jared Bernstein, a White House top economist, thinks a bipartisan plan to give parents a bolstered …
Ayelet Sheffey,Juliana Kaplan
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A California city is giving new parents $500 a month. It's one of a growing number of basic income pilots focused on families.
Starting this summer, Pomona, California will give 250 families with children with children under t…
Allie Kelly
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About 3.5 million more American families went hungry after food prices spiked and the pandemic-era child tax credit ended
Food insecurity in America increased by around 3.5 million to 17 million food-insecure households i…
Madison Hoff
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A Bay Area county gave low-income moms $1,000 a month. 2 years later, more families had stable housing and new jobs.
Marin County, California gave 125 low-income mothers of color $1,000 a month for two years. Familie…
Allie Kelly,Noah Sheidlower
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The IRS's free tax filing system is officially open. Here's everything you need to know.
The IRS launched the Direct File tax program in March and residents of 12 states are eligible for t…
Allie Kelly
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America's poverty line is letting millions slip through the cracks here's how we could 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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The big lie about sleep
When it comes to slumber, what matters most is how rich you are.
Jeremy Ney
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Over 100 basic-income pilots have run in US cities. Now states are getting creative to fund no-strings-attached cash payments.
The success of over 100 local GBI pilots in the US provides insight into future state-level policy.
Allie Kelly
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Don't call them DINKs. Many childfree adults are ALICEs.
Half of Americans living in deep poverty are childfree adults because it's harder to access certain…
Allie Kelly
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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
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A guaranteed income program in Flint, Michigan offers new mothers $500 every month for the first year of their child's life
The new guaranteed income program offers mothers a lump sum of $1,500 during pregnancy and then ano…
Katie Balevic
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Don't do your taxes yet. Parents and businesses could benefit from last-minute changes in Congress.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is considering bringing the expanded Child Tax Credit back, along w…
Ayelet Sheffey,Juliana Kaplan
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Vermont will start sending $1,000 checks to parents, stepping up after Congress failed to renew their program
Monthly child tax credit checks to parents ended across the country in December. Now Vermont is sta…
Juliana Kaplan,Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Mitt Romney introduces new plan to send most parents up to $350 monthly checks per kid
Romney wants a $10,000 income requirement for families to qualify for full direct payments. He's se…