The American Dream used to promise that hard work guaranteed prosperity. But a viral post on Reddit’s r/Poor community this ...

Too much month and not enough check plagued the U.S. poor and working class before the federal government shutdown and funding lapse. To wit, business is ...

Over the past four decades, as inequality has grown exponentially for all Americans, the number of poor and low-income white people—66 million in 2018—has swelled higher than any other demographic.

As we approach Labor Day, I have two questions that should make most Americans think: 1) what has happened to the middle class, and, 2) how do we help the people at the bottom? We had the largest ...

Your body heat is rising in this sweaty-packed crowd of 30,000 people descending upon a converted sports stadium, forced to cozy up next to one another amid an extraordinary public health emergency.

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who's been feeling disillusioned with her party as of late, is now complaining that "the hard working middle class is becoming the working poor." On Saturday, ...

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