Unemployment in the US now stands at just 4.1%, the lowest since 2000, but there are many households which have not seen their fortunes improve. In 2016 nearly 41 million people, or 13% of the ...

Research shows that working crazy hours can increase the likelihood of depression and chronic illness. According to a new study published in PLOS One, research indicates that working late nights ...

The United States introduced the earned income tax credit (EITC) in 1975, where it remains the most significant earnings-based refundable credit in the Internal Revenue Code. While the United States ...

However, the changes that are taking place are minor in comparison to the gap between the rich and the poor. Based on the most recent US Census, there were 1 million people living in the country in ...

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) insisted that it was time to "start cutting" funds for food stamps because poor people should ...

Income inequality varies widely across the United States. However ... With that in mind, here are seven items poor people tend to waste money on that other classes don’t. People with lower ...

Anti-poverty activist and journalist Pat LaMarche spoke with people in numerous shelters and published some of their recipes.

But analysis from one major UK city reveals it is not the most deprived who have borne the greatest burden - rather the so-called working poor. A study by Sheffield council shows people in low ...