With retirement planning becoming more complex and taxes taking a bigger bite out of savings, many Americans are looking for ...

President Trump’s sprawling budget plan would cost low-income Americans $1,600 a year while boosting wealthy households by $16,000, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated Thursday. The ...

Downward classism has spread to social media, which could be setting up young people for worse mental health problems.

For decades, environmental debates have been framed around a stark trade-off: economic growth lifts people out of poverty but ...

Older people who earn less than $20,000 a year die nine years sooner on average than those who earn $120,000 or more. That's the conclusion of a new analysis that shows a strong connection between ...

When Allison Luke received an eviction notice at her home in Lynn in November 2023, she didn’t even bother looking for a new one in the usual places. Luke knew without looking that she couldn’t afford ...

The promised Trump tariffs will lead to another trade war that will push prices higher and cost the economy nearly a million jobs. But low-income voters, who will be the first affected by the higher ...

Republican lawmakers have been battling over a bill that includes massive tax and spending cuts. Much of their disagreement has been over provisions intended to reduce the cost of Medicaid. The ...

Putting “fun” back into low- and middle-income Americans’ budgets could be years away with most of their income barely covering the surge in costs for bare necessities, economists said. Even with ...

A program benefiting 25,000 low-income residents in Philadelphia could soon come to an end. Zero Fare is a two-year pilot program that gives free SEPTA bus, train, trolley and Regional Rail rides to ...