Used cars that once cost less than $20,000 are quickly disappearing from the market, and low-income workers are asking whether they’re being “priced out of the entire car market.” Even people working ...

Something remarkable happened in the years immediately preceding and, especially, following the pandemic: Wages for poor workers began rising much faster than they did for the rich. That era may have ...

The Trump administration made work requirements for low-income people receiving government assistance a priority in 2025. The departments of Housing and Urban Development, Health and Human Services ...

In the third quarter of 2025, the labor share stood at 53.8 percent. That means that the share of the nation’s income going to workers over the past 78 years has declined by roughly 16 percent, as the ...

While rent prices continue to trend downward nationwide, just five of the 50 largest US metros remain affordable for workers earning minimum wage on a 40-hour week. But there is some good news for low ...

Thousands of care workers face worsening financial insecurity after the health minister "U-turned" on a commitment to implement the Real Living Wage (RLW), according to the chief executive of the ...