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 ...

Having a job is the goal of most every adult in America. A job provides true security: a steady income for food and shelter, access to health insurance, and the essential intangibles of identity and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But there is some good news for low-income residents: In the new year, two additional metros are poised to join the ranks of ...

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 ...

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 ...