As congressional Republicans mull slashing federal spending, a key nutrition program is on the chopping block—and everyone on our food supply chains could take a hit.

Let’s not be deluded into thinking these abortion foes are allies. Everyone deserves robust support so they can choose if they want to parent at all.

Poverty numbers leave out far too many who are struggling economically. Shouldn’t we reach for more than whatever rests just above abject misery?

A new Fed report reveals a jump in the number of people able to afford an emergency expense.

New York City schools are supposed to be back in session in September. Are they ready?

The pandemic and recession have disproportionately hit women, but the recovery will be easier for some than others.

Teachers routinely go above and beyond the call of duty, but hastily reopening schools during a pandemic puts students, families, and all of us at risk.

The divide between who can afford to weather the downturn and who can’t is sharpening. And it’s shaping the recovery response.

The pandemic has offered a brief respite from policies that force people to work to “deserve” basic support like food stamps. We can’t go back.

A decades-long surge in low-wage jobs has left millions of Americans struggling to make a living even as they hold the country together.

A California-based experiment in universal basic income considers the mundane, and potentially transformative, power of a little extra cash.

A rule targeting immigrants who use Medicaid and other benefits goes into effect on Monday. The consequences will be widely felt and hard to reverse.