Sunday, September 18, 2022
The moment NeedLink Nashville opened its doors just after Labor Day weekend, Melissa Besong entered the nonprofit’s office holding her overdue electric bill. Four months after losing her job as a home health aide, she didn’t want to miss out on a chance...
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Child poverty, calculated by the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM), fell to its lowest recorded level in 2021, declining 46% from 9.7% in 2020 to 5.2% in 2021, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released today.
In contrast, when calculated by the...
Friday, September 17, 2021
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today released a report warning that millions of renters and their families may suffer previously avoided economic harms of the COVID-19 pandemic as federal and state relief programs end. The report, “...
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Soon after the pandemic shuttered the U.S. economy, food banks were overwhelmed by demand, with cars lined up for miles as people in need waited to pick up groceries. As the hunger crisis worsened, the federal government stepped in to increase...
Tuesday, August 3, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the U.S. economy into a nosedive of unprecedented rapidity. Millions of workers have lost their jobs and are unable to work from home. GDP is plummeting, small business owners cannot meet their rent and other...
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
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The new child tax credit will radically reduce poverty, but millions of the poorest children might miss out...
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Researchers found that sharp declines in food shortages, financial instability and anxiety coincided with the two most recent rounds of payments. A new analysis of Census Bureau surveys argues that the two latest rounds of aid significantly...
Friday, May 14, 2021
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The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated housing insecurity for millions of low- and moderate-income renters....
Monday, December 21, 2020
Sunday evening, leadership in the U.S. House and Senate came to an agreement over the details of a $900 billion coronavirus relief bill, to be attached to a broader $1.4 trillion omnibus which will fund the federal government for the 2021 fiscal year....
Monday, December 14, 2020
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The US state of California has voted to keep rideshare and delivery industry workers as independent...
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