When the United States adopted an income tax in 1913, a major purpose was to make the system progressive and ease growing inequality. More than a...
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The percentage of Michigan residents living below the official poverty rate increased in 2022 to 13.4 percent, 1.3 million people, meaning the state, a center of...
Tom Elias | California Focus Much is made continually of this state’s poverty rate, now running above 13%. But most polls show voters rank homelessness as...
Clara Bates | Missouri Independent/missouriindependent.com Missouri education and social services officials have not yet made a decision on whether to participate in a federal food assistance...
Sen. Joe Rafferty | Portsmouth Herald As the holiday season continues, it’s easy to stay wrapped up in the fun and joy of everything this season...
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A social services organization on Detroit’s east side has closed its housing shelter after 26 years and is attempting to sell the now-empty building: a giant...
‘Tis the season … of giving. Amid the twinkling lights, festive tunes, and glittering gifts accumulating under the tree, consider spreading good tidings and Christmas cheer...
By Mark Kreidler | Capital and Main When the COVID-19 pandemic fully reached California in early 2020, experts in the fields of low-wage work and poverty braced...