Income Inequality
Wide Digital Divide Persists Between Low- and High-income Households
A Pew Research Center survey shows that people making less than $30,000 have few digital devices and lack internet access, in sharp contrast to nearly all of those making $100,000 or more.
Report: Grocery Taxes Impede Food Security for Low-income Americans
About two-thirds of all U.S. counties tax grocery foods, which creates “serious burdens” for the families living at or below the poverty line, according to a Cornell University study.
Bidenomics Really Is Something New
COMMENTARY | The president is willing to take on political fights that Obama and Clinton considered unwise, if not unwinnable. Will that strategy pay off?
One State’s Plan to Ease the ‘Invisible’ Diaper Gap for Families
A third of families nationwide experience diaper need, regardless of age, race or income, data shows. Washington state will allocate funding for diaper banks in its latest budget to help close that gap.
How the Federal Reserve is Increasing Wealth Inequality
The Fed’s low-interest-rate policies have stabilized the economy and turbocharged the stock market. But those who don’t own lots of stocks haven’t benefited anywhere near as much as those who do.
Why are so Many Workers Moving Across State Lines?
In a report, researchers say people want to live in less populated areas with lower housing costs, potentially spreading higher-income families across the U.S.
How to Improve Public Health, the Environment and Racial Equity All at Once: Upgrade Low-income Housing
COMMENTARY | Retrofitting low-income housing is a way to tackle some of the nation's pressing health, social and environmental challenges.
Why Cash Payments Aren’t Always the Best Tool to Help Poor People
COMMENTARY | There seem to be a growing consensus that cash is the best option in the fight against poverty. But is it?
As More Americans Struggle to Pay Water Bills, Affordability Solutions Are Past Due
COMMENTARY | With utility shutoff moratoriums expiring, millions of people, particularly people of color and low-income families, are at risk of losing water service.
Where the Economy Tanks, Heart Attack Deaths Rise
COMMENTARY | The diverging economic fortunes of different parts of the country in the period after the 2008-2009 recession is linked to differing death rates from heart disease and stroke among middle-aged Americans, researchers report.
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