Some of these changes have already taken effect. Others that are a year or more away could make it hard for some states to keep participating in the program at all.
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For many gig workers, app-based work is no longer just about extra cash but economic need, a new survey finds.
A new policy could deny an immigration application based in part on the use of government benefits by a close relative.
The film zeros in on the generation of children whose formative years are unfolding in front of screens.
Getting SNAP benefits can already be hard, and due to legal changes Congress approved in 2025 it could get harder for many Americans.
An economist proposes a new method of estimating the scope of poverty in different countries.
Two researchers found that Danish government benefits do not fully offset moms’ lost earnings. But they do help offset lost income for working women with kids.
If the government supported rental assistance in amounts commensurate with the tax benefits given to homeowners, it would drastically alleviate the housing affordability crisis.
The Trump administration isn’t resorting to official censorship. Instead, it’s using less blatant – and more effective – ways to suppress dissent.
Republicans and Democrats have committed to making this family-friendly government benefit a little more generous. Unless lawmakers act, it will get much smaller in 2026.
This important benefit does more than just help parents in terms of dollars and cents.
Because any two consenting adults can get married in the US, a platonic marriage could pretty easily be pulled off. Legally speaking, though, it’s a sham.
Single mothers need more of a break than they get under current laws.
Forty percent of US babies are born to unmarried parents. But the new paid leave policy for most federal workers disadvantages single parents.
Medicaid and Medicare benefits appear safe for now. But SNAP food assistance and many other programs could be disrupted.
The demographics of name change petitioners today – and the reasons that they give – tell a complicated story of race, class and culture.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics’ latest analysis of the impact of government benefits and taxes on household income shows this reduces income inequality by more than 40% in Australia.
A case before the Supreme Court could deal a major blow to unions, highlighting the need for leaders of business and labor to negotiate a new New Deal.
The Productivity Commission has just released a timely new working paper that sheds light on how Australia’s tax and transfer system functions to distribute income across the population both at a point…
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